In an Axios interview this morning, President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship. Just a week ahead of the midterm elections and seemingly eager to redirect attention away from a string of white supremacist terrorist attacks, Trump is hard lining his anti-immigrant stances.

Throughout his presidential campaign and administration, Trump has enforced controversial xenophobic policies, from the Muslim ban to family separations at the border. His anti-immigrant policies have largely affected people of color. This time, the president is targeting “chain migration” and “anchor babies.”

 

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When asked about the dubious legality of the executive order, Trump responded to Axios, “You can definitely do it with an Act of Congress. But now they’re saying I can do it just with an executive order.”

Trump continued, “We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States… with all of those benefits… It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous. And it has to end.”

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