WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said he will scrap a constitutional guarantee to citizenship for anyone born on US soil in a headline-grabbing move bolstering his anti-immigration platform a week before midterm elections. The birthright citizenship proposal was likely to prove even more controversial, given questions over whether a president can meddle with the constitution at all. The right to US citizenship for all born in the country is enshrined in the 14th amendment. Trump railed against the current rule, erroneously declaring that the United States is unique in granting citizenship this way. Excerpts from the Trump interview gave no indication of the timing of the proposal.

Source: Bangkok Post October 30, 2018 14:37 UTC