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Martin Pengelly in New York

Donald Trump reiterates pledge to scrap birthright US citizenship

Donald Trump
Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will end birthright citizenship but failed to do so during four years in the White House. Photograph: Carlos Barría/Reuters

Speaking 125 years after the US supreme court settled the issue of birthright citizenship, former president Donald Trump pledged once again to end it.

If elected back to the White House next year, Trump said in a video posted to social media on Tuesday, he will on day one sign an executive order to ensure the children of undocumented migrants “will not receive automatic US citizenship”.

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