>> SOME REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SAY THEY WANT TO DO AWAY WITH BERT WRITES, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP FOR THE CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE U.S.

UNLAWFULLY TO BE CLEAR RIGHT NOW, ANYONE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES A U.S. CITIZEN.

THE ISSUE HAS BECOME A PART OF A LARGER BEDROCK OF CONSERVATIVE PRIORITIES.

ENDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THIS ARE GLAD CONSCIOUS.

INCOMING 35TH WAR GOP COMMITTEE MAN AND JOINING US VIA ZOOM STEVENS.

I MEET US LAW PROFESSOR AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

THANK YOU, BILL, FOR JOINING US.

I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

WHY IS THERE A PUSH FOR THIS AMONG REPUBLICANS?

>> I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF INFLUX OF MIGRANTS COMING IN.

THE SITUATION NOW IS JUST BECOMING, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR FACE NOW THERE THERE'S A PUSH FOR.

FOR RIGHTS FOR.

FOR PEOPLE NOT HAVE SO MANY ENTITLEMENTS.

AND AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST TOO MANY PEOPLE COMING IN IT'S NOT.

THE WHEN MY PARENTS CAME ARE THEIR PARENTS.

AS YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A LOT THAT PEOPLE AND END RIGHT CITIZENSHIP SHOULD NOT BE.

HERE.

YEAH.

AND EVEN GOING TO YOU.

>> THE DEBATE OVER BIRTH RIGHT CITIZENSHIP.

ISN'T ANYTHING NEW.

IN 2018, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE PLANNED TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WOULD END THE AUTOMATIC GRANT OF CITIZENSHIP TO THOSE BORN IN THE TOWN IN THE COUNTRY TO NONCITIZENS GOING TO YOU.

DOES THE PRESIDENT HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER?

>> NO, THIS SHOULD BE PART OF THE LAWLESSNESS OF DONALD TRUMP.

HE DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION.

HE'S PROMISED TO BE A DICTATOR AND A WANT.

I THINK WE ALL ARE AWARE OF THAT.

SAID WANT TO MAYBE DAY TO HE'S GOING TO GET RID OF BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.

HE DOES NOT HAVE THAT POWER.

AND I I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THE SUPREME COURT SAID OTHERWISE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION BUT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.

>> AND TALKING ABOUT THAT, WHAT WOULD THAT LEGAL PROCESS BE LIKE?

>> WELL, TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION, YOU NEED TO FIRST GET TWO-THIRDS OF CHARLES TO CONCUR AND THEN IT'S GOT TO GO TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION IN NEED THREE-QUARTERS OF THE STATES.

THAT'S THE LAW.

THAT'S THE LAW.

AND DONALD TRUMP.

>> HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW LAW.

SHOULD HE BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH HE MAY DECLARE THEMSELVES TO BE DICTATOR ON DAY ONE AS PROMISED.

>> IN GLASGOW INTO HOW HOPEFUL ARE YOU THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN?

GIVEN PAST PRESIDENTS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO.

I HOPE I HOPE IT PASSES CAUSE WE NEED TO GET IN CHECK.

YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT REWARD.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.

IT JUST ENCOURAGES MORE LAWLESSNESS.

IN MY OPINION.

I UNDERSTAND HE THANKS.

DONALD TRUMP AS A DICTATOR IS THAT IT'S NOT THAT WAY AT I THINK OPEN BORDERS THAT THIS HAS JUST COME TO THE FOREFRONT.

AND EVERYONE SAYING THAT IN EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE UPSET.

LEASE HERE IN CHICAGO.

GUY THAT YOU SAID YOU ALSO TOLD LITTLE BIT OF RESTORE YOUR PARENTS.

THEY COME HERE.

MY DAD CAME HERE BEFORE MY MOM, DAD AND HE GOT HE BECAME A CITIZEN AND MY MOM CAME HERE AFTERWARDS.

SHIPPING CITIZEN HAD ME AND MY BROTHER AT THE TWIN BROTHER.

YOU KNOW, THEY DID IT THE RIGHT WAY.

THEY BECAME PRODUCTIVE AND WHAT THEY DO LIKE NOW THEY THEY WEREN'T GIVEN ANYTHING.

THEY WEREN'T GIVEN ALL THESE BENEFITS YEAR.

YOU KNOW, YOU SEE EVERYONE HAVING YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE SAME ANYMORE.

EVERY RESOURCES ARE JUST DEPLETED HERE.

YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO BETTER A SYSTEM TO JUST MAKE IT FASTER FOR PEOPLE TO BECOME LEGALLY.

YOU STEPHEN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON GLASS IS SAYING?

>> THE FIRST OF ALL, THE DICTATORSHIP COMMON.

I DIDN'T MAKE THAT UP.

THAT'S DONALD TRUMP IN RESPONSE TO SEAN HANNITY ON FOX TEAMS.

THOSE WORDS HE'S GOING TO BE DICTATOR ON DAY ONE.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER 2 IS, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS CAME HERE AND THEY DIDN'T.

THERE WAS DIDN'T.

THERE WAS NOTHING GIVEN TO THEY CAME AT A TIME WHEN THEY HAD EARN CITIZENSHIP AND THEY DID THEIR PARENTS DID BEFORE THEM.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED ALL REFLECTING WHAT WHAT BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP MEANS FOR EVERY SINGLE FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES.

SO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION.

THE REPUBLICANS A PROPERTY IN CONGRESS.

YOU CAN PULL IT UP ON THE INTERNET QUITE EASILY.

THEY WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE PROVE THAT.

NOT ONLY WERE THEY BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT THAT THEIR PARENTS WERE CITIZENSHIPS WORK CITIZENSHIP, TOO.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE PAPERS TO GET A PASSPORT.

YOU HAVE TO BE APPROVED.

NOT JUST THAT YOU WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH BIRTH CERTIFICATE.

THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ISSUE ROUTINELY.

>> YOU HAVE TO PROVE PARENTS, WE'RE ALSO U.S. CITIZENS.

NOW YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA BURDEN OF PROOF.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE SUPREME COURT HAS ALREADY SPOKEN ON THE PRECISE ISSUE THAT THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO CHANGE BY STATUTE.

AND THAT IS THE ISSUE OF WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.

DIRECTLY FROM THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

>> AND SOMETIMES EVEN TALKING ABOUT THAT, I WANT TO BRING THAT UP THE 14 AMENDMENT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

WHICH GUARANTEES BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP TO PEOPLE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES SAYS ALL PERSONS BORN OR NATURALIZED IN THE UNITED STATES AND SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF JURISDICTION THERE FOR OUR CITIZENS.

REPUBLICANS HAVE ARGUED CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BORN IN THE U.S. SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED CITIZENSHIP BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS BROKE THE LAW TO BE IN THE COUNTRY THAT STEPHEN, HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO THIS INTERPRETATION THAN I WANT TO GO TO >> SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ALREADY GOLD.

CONTRARY TO THAT.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS THEY'RE TRYING TO OVERTURN THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT.

AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT BY STATUTE.

AND SO AS A RESULT, THE ONLY WAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IS BY MONDAY, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

THAT'S THE LEAST RATE WAY TO DO IT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WANT TO WEASEL THIS THROUGH, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

I DON'T WANT MY KIDS TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVE NOT JUST THEY WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT THAT THEIR PARENTS WERE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES.

WHY?

BECAUSE IT'S AN EXTRA BURDEN OF PROOF ON SOMETHING AS FUNDAMENTAL AS CITIZENSHIP.

THE RIGHT I WANT I WANT TO GO TO GLADYS GLADYS, THE PAST.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.

GLADYS, I WANT TO GO TO YOU.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

HOW SHOULD A POLICY ENDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP BE IMPLEMENTED?

WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL WAY.

IT'S JUST.

>> SIMPLE NOTION THAT THE AMNESTY I'M NOT AMNESTY MEAN, WHY SHOULD YOU BE PARDON, RIGHT?

SHOULD.

>> YOU THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN HERE FOR MORE THAN 30, 40 YEARS, SHOULD THEY BE GRANTED AMNESTY?

THAT'S THAT'S THE AGE OLD QUESTION.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER BE FITS.

>> AND HERE BEFORE I HAVE BEEN AND IT'S GOING TO BE HERE LATER HOW THEY GO ABOUT DOING THAT.

I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S MORE SO WHO IS HERE NOW?

YOU KNOW, ARE THEY BEING PRODUCTIVE?

WHAT?

WHAT ARE THEY?

YOU KNOW, PULL TAXES.

ARE WE JUST GOING TO FUND THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

BUT ARE WE DOING OR JUST LETTING THEM?

YOU KNOW, NOT ACCLIMATE AND EVERYONE NEEDS ACTIVATE.

AND THAT'S WHY AMNESTY SHOULD GIVEN A LAWLESS.

THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD NOT MORE WELL, I I KNOW MY PARENTS AND THEY RECEIVE THEIR EMBASSY BACK IN IN 18TH 8 EASTERN, THE 80'S.

SOME, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IT WASN'T FOR THEM.

BUT THANK YOU FOR BOTH OF YOU FOR THIS CONVERSATION.

WE CAN KEEP GOING ON THIS DEBATE, BUT THIS IS ALL WE HAVE.