House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) made the smallest break from President Donald Trump on Tuesday, rejecting Trump’s recent claim that the president has the power to do away with birthright citizenship. “Well, you obviously cannot do that,” Ryan said on Kentucky’s WVLK radio station after Trump said he was thinking about signing an executive order to end birthright citizenship. Under the 14th Amendment, citizenship is granted to all people born in the U.S., even if their parents aren’t citizens. There is also legislation in Congress sponsored by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) that would end birthright citizenship. But hardly anyone ― except for the president, it seems ― believes birthright citizenship may be ended by executive order.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2018 20:37 UTC