Trump to announce end of birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, officials say

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump will announce the end of birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants in an executive order on his first day in office, incoming White House officials said.

The federal government will no longer recognize immediate citizenship for children of illegal immigrants born in the United States “on a prospective basis,” the incoming official said on a call Monday morning.

Trump had discussed abolishing birthright citizenship on the campaign trail, but the move could raise legal questions since the 14th Amendment states: “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 where they are resident.”

The upcoming executive order is just one of 10 EOs Trump is expected to sign on the border on his first day in office, which will address “national security and public safety threats” that have led to the killing of Americans, the officials said at call.

The officials also said Trump will end catch and release, will reinstate Remain in Mexico and will rebuild the border wall, in addition to declaring a national emergency at the border.

The national emergency will “deploy armed forces” and will “erect physical barriers” at the border. That allows the defense secretary to deploy additional forces to the border, including members of the armed forces and the National Guard, the officials said.

The Trump administration will end asylum and will close the border to illegal immigrants through a proclamation that creates an immediate process to remove migrants ineligible for asylum, the officials continued.

Refugee resettlement will be suspended for at least four months.

Control of migrants will be increased, and agencies will be asked to give Trump recommendations to suspend entry for all citizens from countries of “particular concern”.

Criminals and cartels will be declared “global terrorists,” a distinction that will allow the United States to deport members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13.

Trump is expected to sign the executive orders either in the President’s Room at the Capitol after being sworn in, or will wait to sign some of the orders until he is at Capitol One Arena.

He will sign nearly 200 executive actions on Monday alone, a transition source confirmed to The Post, including renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali.