Can Trump end birthright citizenship in the US? Northwestern professor says not using executive order due to 14th Amendment [Video]

CHICAGO (WLS) — President-elect Donald Trump wants to end birthright citizenship in the U.S.

Trump’s team is working on an executive order to limit automatic citizenship for people born in the U.S.

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Chicago is a melting pot of nationalities. People hail from Mexico, Poland, Ukraine, Canada and, in the early days, Germany and Ireland.

The Constitution grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents’ legal status, and where they come from.

“Do you know, if somebody sets a foot, just a foot, you don’t need be on your land, congratulations, you are now a citizen. Yes, we are going to end that because it is ridiculous,” Trump said.

In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Trump said he will end birthright citizenship, a right protected under the 14th Amendment.

“These are the people that have been the workforce …