Fox News Host Claims There's A Birthright 'Loophole'
Fox News host Bill Hemmer complained earlier today on America's Newsroom that birthright citizenship is a loophole when dealing with immigration, even though it's burned into the U.S. Constitution.
The discussion about birthright citizenship started when Fox News played a video clip of Donald Trump discussing his desires to do away with birthright citizenship via executive order on Meet the Press this past Sunday
HEMMER: Take it to Congress too.
MCENANY: Yeah, you heard him say if we can. That's because birthright citizenship is enshrined in the 14th Amendment. Not only that, in 1898 in a Supreme Court case called Wong Kim Ark they upheld birthright citizenship. In other words, there is constitutional precedent, there's Supreme Court precedent. You can try via executive action but I think there are going to be some very big court hang-ups that might not go the way of the administration on birthright citizenship.
HEMMER: It's been a loophole when it comes to immigration.
PERINO: Yeah. Oh, it is. And I've gone back and forth because I love the Constitution! I'm an originalist. But then I also want — I would love to hear what this court thinks about that. Because they are originalists when it comes to the Constitution and see if that precedent would hold up.