Ending the right to citizenship for children of immigrants has become a major talking point of the next administration's immigration policies after Trump said he was set on ending the precedent that has been in place for 120 years.
The Quinnipiac University poll is one of the first times voters have been asked directly about the potential change to a long-standing policy, which could affect children born to undocumented parents or those here on student or tourist visas.
Of 924 voters, 63 percent said birthright citizenship should remain in place, granting any child born in the U.S. the right to an American passport. Meanwhile, 29 percent felt the system should be changed so that those born to noncitizens are not automatically eligible.
https://www.newsweek.com/ending-birthright-citizenship-popularity-donald-trump-immigration-2003145
Unpopular policy
In the latest AP-NORC poll, a slim majority of respondents, 51%, said they strongly or somewhat oppose “changing the Constitution so children born in the U.S. are not automatically granted citizenship if their parents are here illegally.”
In contrast, 28% said they strongly or somewhat favor ending birthright citizenship, and 20% said they didn’t lean one way or the other.
The issue of whether or not to end automatic citizenship for those born in the U.S. — which Trump vowed to do during his first term — divided respondents along partisan lines.
The majority of Republicans, 53%, said they favored ending the policy, while the vast majority of Democrats, 73%, opposed eliminating it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-trump-tries-to-end-birthright-citizenship-what-do-americans-think-what-poll-found/ar-AA1xBG22?ocid=BingNewsSerp
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