Republican presidential candidates have begun to address the issue after Trump proposed changing the way the U.S. grants citizenship as part of his official immigration policy platform. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ® also said last week that birthright citizenship should be “re-examined.”
Nowhere in this white paper is the how of what Trump, et al, would do addressed:
- Not the massive new hiring of a force to displace millions of people, many of whom are young citizens who have Constitutional rights.
- Not the invasion of privacy necessary for the government to open every parcel sent to Mexico and investigate every wire transfer sent there or elsewhere lest the source be illegal.
- Not the fact that ending birthright citizenship will require a Constitutional amendment.
He is jacking up low-information voters irrational fears and then presenting himself as “the savior”, with incredible hardcore yet simplistic solutions, but with little to no details on how he will do it.
Trump isn’t cutting through any white noise; he is the white noise. Blustering with nonsense policies accomplishes absolutely nothing but derailing legitimate discourse.