‘Under the Constitution, They Are Citizens at Birth’

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For months, the team at National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC) has been fielding questions from worried families about what would happen if President Donald Trump were allowed to end birthright citizenship, the legal principle that nearly everyone born in the United States automatically receives citizenship.

The president sought to do so on his first day retaking office, issuing an executive order that would have denied citizenship to children whose parents are in the country illegally or temporarily. Courts almost immediately blocked the order from taking effect.

Gabriel Salguero, a pastor and president of NaLEC, said his team has prayed, “God, make us like the midwives” from Exodus 1, who defied an unjust edict to kill babies born to Israelite families.

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