Jesse Watters: 2020 Dems 'short on solutions' for illegal immigration, 'birthright citizenship' debate mischaracterized

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrats-illegal-immigration-trump-14th-
amendment

Democratic presidential candidates are attacking President Trump over the
"birthright citizenship" debate because they have no solutions for illegal
immigration, according to Jesse Watters.

The authors of the 14th Amendment, which codified the citizenship rights
of people born in the United States, did not craft it to expressly cover
children of illegal immigrants but instead recently emancipated slaves,
Watters claimed Thursday on "The Five."

"The Trump administration says it's taking a big step toward ending catch
and release by scrapping the Flores agreement, which limits the amount of
time migrant families can be detained," he said.

"The 2020 Democrats are short on actual solutions, but have plenty of
insults for President Trump."

The "Watters' World" host then played clips of several media and political
figures slamming the president on the issue.

Presidential hopeful Julian Castro, former Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and former mayor of San Antonio, Texas, claimed Trump is
trying to "carry out maximum cruelty with little children who are brown."

On MSNBC, host Rachel Maddow asked rhetorically whether the president's
plan to reject Flores would create an environment resembling the military
detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Additionally, former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, claimed Trump's
consideration of trying to end birthright citizenship is "racist on its
face."

Responding to O'Rourke's claim, Watters said he believed the intention of
the amendment is clear.

"The author of the 14th Amendment, a senator, said that it was primarily
directed at slaves," he said. The amendment was ratified in the Summer of
1868 — shortly after the end of the Civil War.

"It was not discussing illegal immigrants or sons and daughters of
ambassadors from other countries," Watters continued.

In an 1866 speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Jacob M. Howard said the
language of his amendment would not "include persons born in the United
States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of
ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the government of the
United States, but will include every other class of person."

The amendment itself reads, "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. 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."



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