On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order that purports to end birthright citizenship for certain children. It does so despite Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, which declares,

Immigrants have made America great. Some have come to improve their own prospects in life. More have come to create opportunity for their children. And notwithstanding the discrimination they’ve often faced, they’ve enriched the U.S. economically and culturally beyond all measure.

Two law professor argued in a guest essay for The New York Times that President Donald Trump may hold a strong case on the issue of birthright citizenship.