Crusade against birthright citizenship classic Trump [View all]

By Patricia Lopez / Bloomberg Opinion

On Tuesday, his first full day as president, Donald Trump attended an inaugural service at Washington National Cathedral. Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde pleaded with the new president.

“In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” she said. The vast majority of immigrants are not criminals, Budde said, but pay taxes and are good neighbors.

Trump scarcely looked at her. Trump is eager for a fight over immigration and has been for years. He has made no secret of his desire to restrict entry to this country and he won both the Electoral College and the popular vote.

A flurry of executive orders signed shortly after his inauguration on Monday aim to do just that. Among the most chilling: an attempt to override the 14th Amendment, limit birthright citizenship, and create a subclass of children who were born here, but who, through a cruel trick of timing, are not Americans.

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