American Birthright Citizenship

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#Trump, #America, #Birth right, #Citizenship, #Birthright citizenship  Is birthright citizenship ending in America?  This emotional story explores how a powerful new move by Donald Trump is shaking the lives of families across the U.S. From the history of the 14th Amendment to today's Supreme Court ruling, discover how this issue could affect millions of children born on U.S. soil.  Real stories, real impact — must watch!

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00:00born in america but not american if you want to know the deep insights of this developing story

00:13in 10 minutes then stay tuned till the end of video the land that once promised if you are

00:20born here you are one of us but now that promise is being tested yes this is happening in america

00:29she was born in texas her first cry echoed in a houston hospital her birth certificate says usa

00:38but now at just five months old she might not be considered american anymore let's go back in time

00:47over 150 years ago after the horrors of slavery and the civil war america passed a new law in 1868

00:56the 14th amendment to the constitution it said something powerful all persons born in the united

01:04states are citizens of the united states that line became a lifeline for millions it meant that if you

01:12were born in the u.s no matter your race no matter your parents status you belong to america even if

01:20your parents were poor even if they were immigrants you were american this was known as birthright

01:26citizenship and it made america different from many other countries in 1898 the u.s supreme court

01:35confirmed it again a boy named wong kim ak was born in san francisco to chinese parents who were not

01:42citizens the court said yes he is a citizen born here you are in for decades birthright citizenship wasn't a

01:56debate it was settled babies born in american cities or countryside were americans but in recent years

02:06especially with rising immigration the conversation started to shift politicians began to ask should

02:15children of undocumented immigrants get citizenship is it fair are people coming just to have anchor babies

02:23and then came one man who made it a political war in 2015 donald trump entered the presidential race

02:32and declared war on immigration he promised a wall he promised mass deportations and then he said something

02:41shocking the u.s is the only country where a person comes in has a baby and the baby is a citizen

02:48it's wrong legal experts said no that's the constitution but trump didn't stop fast forward to january

02:592025 when he returned to the white house one of his very first acts executive order 14160 signed just

03:10hours after taking the oath this order aimed to end automatic citizenship for children born to undocumented

03:17immigrants or even people here temporarily suddenly a baby born in the u.s wouldn't automatically be a

03:24citizen unless one parent was a u.s citizen or legal resident the response massive legal battles

03:33immigrant rights groups states like california and new york and families across america all rushed to court

03:41judges in multiple states blocked trump's order they called it unconstitutional cruel and a violation of

03:50basic american values but the trump administration kept pushing all the way to the supreme court and on 27

03:59june 2025 the supreme court gave its ruling but not a single person was expecting they didn't say whether

04:08trump's order was legal or not instead they ruled on a technical issue saying that lower courts cannot stop

04:16the order nationwide what does that mean it means trump's order may still take effect state by state

04:24and now in some parts of the country babies born today might be americans in other parts they might not

04:33let's pause for a moment forget politics forget law think about this a baby cries in a hospital in florida

04:45her parents are asylum seekers from venezuela they fled violence they found safety but now under this

04:56new order their baby might not be american no passport no social security no legal identity

05:06imagine growing up in the only country you've ever known but always being told you don't belong

05:12that's the fear in thousands of homes right now families are asking will my baby be stateless will she be

05:23deported can she go to school what happens if we are separated this issue is not just about birth

05:31certificates it's about what kind of country america wants to be for over 150 years the promise was clear

05:40if you are born here if you are born here you belong here that's what gave hope to millions of immigrant families

05:47now that promise is breaking some say trump's move is to protect american values

05:54others say it destroys the very values that built america

05:58the legal battle isn't over new lawsuits are coming

06:03lower courts will now decide but for now uncertainty reigns let's return to the girl in texas

06:14her name is isabella she doesn't know about executive orders or supreme court rulings

06:21she only knows her mother's soft touch her father's lullabies

06:25but as she grows up she might be told you are not american not because she wasn't born here

06:33but because her parents weren't legal enough that's the human cost behind every legal battle every

06:42political fight there are children real children whose futures are now uncertain so here we are the world's

06:51most powerful nation is now debating who belongs and who doesn't it's no longer just about law it's about

06:59identity justice and human dignity because birthright citizenship isn't just about being born in a country

07:07it's about belonging to a country and if america forgets that then maybe the people born tomorrow

07:15won't just lose citizenship they'll lose something deeper the belief that in this land every child

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