Kirstjen Nielsen Tells Tucker Carlson That Eliminating Birthright Citizenship Is ‘On the Table’

Kirstjen Nielsen Tells Tucker Carlson That Eliminating Birthright Citizenship Is ‘On the Table’

Hours after President Trump declared he would “100 percent” close America’s southern border if he can’t make a deal with Congress on border security and immigration, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that eliminating birthright citizenship is “on the table” as a way to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants and asylum-seeking migrants.

“It looks like Congress is not going to act because one party has a vested interest in changing the population and the other party is, in effect, controlled by people who want illegal immigration,” Carlson asserted. “So would there be a downside for the president to act unilaterally on that question or, for example, birthright citizenship? Would you be willing to draft an executive order eliminating birthright citizenship?”

Read the rest of the piece at The Daily Beast.

Watch the clip above, via Fox News.

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