Trump 'trying to eliminate his honeymoon completely' with first-day orders: CNN analyst
President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to enact an executive order declaring the end of birthright citizenship, saying the federal government will not recognize the citizenship of anyone born in the United States to at least one citizen or lawful permanent resident parent — an order that could theoretically even deny citizenship to some people whose parents are in the country legally.
This action is considered flagrantly unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment by an overwhelming majority of legal scholars, and is all but certain to be both challenged in court and ignored by many states for the purpose of their own laws based on federal citizenship. But beyond that, CNN data analyst Harry Enten told anchor Sara Sidner, it's wildly unpopular, and almost tailor-made to wipe out the modicum of goodwill and benefit of the doubt voters have given him during the presidential transition.
"What do the numbers tell you on this particular case, where, you know, if you are in this country and you have a child, even if you are not legally here or here, legally, that child is still considered a citizen?" asked Sidner.
"I mean, look, I think Donald Trump is by pushing policies like this, are just trying to eliminate his honeymoon period completely because this is just not a popular policy, end birthright citizenship for children born to immigrants illegally here," said Enten.
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"Look at this," said Enten, putting up the latest polling results. "Just 35 percent support, The clear majority, 53 percent opposed. And I've looked at multiple polls, looked at the question asked multiple different ways. If anything, this undersells the opposition by a little bit. If you don't in fact mention for children born to immigrants here legally and just and ask about ending birthright citizenship, the opposition shoots all the way up to about 70 percent."
In short, he said, the polling "is clearly indicative of a country that does not want to end birthright citizenship. Simply put, this is not a popular policy. And if Donald Trump pushes policies like this, his honeymoon period will squeeze and be even shorter than it was back in 2017."
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