Even those who support Trump’s immigration agenda are wary of his birthright citizenship order

Donald Trump’s attempts to revoke birthright citizenship from the children of certain immigrants are unpopular, even among those who approve of the president’s immigration agenda, a new poll found.

Generally, most people believe the Supreme Court should strike down the president’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship only to the children born to people who are in the U.S. legally and permanently, according to the survey by Marquette Law School.

But even those who approve of Trump’s handling of immigration, 41 percent say the executive order should be found unconstitutional, while 59 percent believe the high court should uphold it.

Among Republicans, the uncertainty is higher, with 46 percent saying Trump’s order is unconstitutional.

The new findings indicate that those who support the president are still uncertain that he can limit the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to any person born in the United States, to certain individuals.

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On his first day in office, the president issued an executive order declaring that only children born in the U.S. to a parent with citizenship or permanent immigration status could obtain American citizenship – as part of his larger agenda to limit migration and remove immigrations from the country.

Immediately, the order was challenged and has since made its way to the Supreme Court, which heard arguments in the case earlier this month.

Justices appeared skeptical that the president had the authority to limit birthright citizenship, which has been extended to all people born in the country since 1898.

Immigration advocacy groups and legal experts have warned that ending birthright citizenship for all would create a logistical headache for every parent in the U.S. and limit essential healthcare for pregnant women and babies. Some fear that allowing the president to do so would open the door for the government to create other qualifying rules for citizenship.

Marquette Law School’s survey on Trump’s birthright citizenship order somewhat aligns with other polls that have found people are generally divided on whether the children of undocumented immigrants should have citizenship.

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A Pew Research Center poll, conducted last year, found that 75 percent of Republicans think the children of parents who immigrated illegally should not have citizenship.

A YouGov poll, conducted earlier this year, found that 68 percent of Republicans think birthright citizenship should be limited to the children of parents who have citizenship or permanent legal status.

But how people feel compared to what they think the law should uphold are slightly different.

But in a Public Religion Research Institute poll, conducted last year, approximately 47 percent of Republicans said they favor the U.S. Constitution’s birthright citizenship right.

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