By Idorenyin UMOREN, Uyo, with inputs from Agency reports
The United States, US, President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to end birthright citizenship, under which people born in the US are considered citizens.
The move would strip rights from those born in the country to undocumented parents, despite the protection being enshrined in the constitution.
In a wide-ranging interview – which also touched on his plans for January 6 pardons and the Ukraine war – on NBC’s Meet The Press, Sky News’ US partner, he redoubled his campaign pledge to oversee mass deportation of illegal immigrants.
The programme, he said, will begin with undocumented immigrants, who have committed crimes – although he did not reveal which ones – and then turn to “people outside of criminals”.
The US president-elect said there was “no choice”.
“I think you have to do it,” he said. “It’s a very tough thing to do… they came in illegally. You know, the people that have been treated very unfairly are the people that have been in line for 10 years to come into the country.”
Asked specifically about the future of people who were brought into the country illegally as children and have been shielded from deportation in recent years, Mr Trump said, “I want to work something out” – indicating he might seek a solution with Congress.‘Stop the madness’.
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