SC AG joins support for President Trump’s Executive order on birthright citizenship
SC Attorney General’s Office
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 24 states in support of President Trump’s birthright citizenship policy.
President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the executive order is constitutional.
The attorneys general say the Fourteenth Amendment never intended to grant automatic citizenship to tourists or illegal aliens who are coming into our country for the sole purpose of having an “anchor baby.”
“The Fourteenth Amendment was written and passed to make it clear that former slaves were citizens of this country. It specifically excludes people who are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, which means foreign diplomats and anyone who’s here illegally, because they’re subject to the jurisdiction of their home countries,” says Attorney General Wilson.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order to stop birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and birth tourists.
South Carolina joined the Tennessee and Iowa co-led brief along with Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
