If birthright citizenship of children born from illegal immigrants is eliminated, as ordered by President Donald Trump, the US illegal immigrant population would increase significantly, the new report found.
The Institute says their new estimates will increase the population exemptions that ending birthright citizenship for those born to visitors with temporary legal status, illegally or to have been exempt from the birthright citizenship of people born in the United States to 2.7 million by 2045 and 5.4 million by 2075.
Over the next 50 years, an average of 255,000 children born in the United States each year will begin living without US citizenship due to their parents’ legal status, according to the report.
Furthermore, the Institute notes that if Trump’s plan was implemented, it would “create a self-perpetuating multi-generational lower class with US-born residents who inherit the social disadvantages supported by their parents, grandparents and great grandparents.”
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Matthew Vadam contributed to this report.
