WASHINGTON (AP) — “President Donald Trump says he wants to order the end of the constitutional right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born in the United States. Section 1, which contains the Citizenship Clause, of the 14th Amendment guarantees that right for all children born in the U.S. A look at the 14th Amendment:

WHAT CITIZENSHIP CLAUSE SAYS:

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

The second sentence contains two of the most important clauses in the Constitution, the due process and equal protection clauses. They apply to everyone in the U.S., not just citizens:

“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

• Washington Post – Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional
• The New York Times – President Wants to Use Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship
• The New York Times – Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Proposal Is at Odds With Legal Consensus
• Huffington Post – Paul Ryan Rejects Trump’s Claim He Can End Birthright Citizenship – “Well, you obviously cannot do that,” the House speaker said.