Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, suggested that his boss could bypass the U.S. Constitution to end birthright citizenship.
During a Monday interview on Newsmax, host Jon Glasgow asked Lewandowski about Trump's promise to end birthright citizenship on "day one" of his presidency — despite the 14th Amendment of the Constitution declaring that "all persons born" in the United States are citizens.
"Is this something that Trump can do?" Glasgow wondered.
"You know, Donald Trump has said that once you step one foot into this country, if you have a baby here, that person, by the Constitution, is an American citizen," Lewandowski replied. "There are some real concerns about that."
"We know that people come to this country just to have their children here," he continued. "So, listen, the open question of, can this be done through executive action or does a federal law need to be passed, is one that the attorneys will ultimately decide."
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Lewandowski insisted that "those who are in the country illegally will be shipped out."
"And if they want to stay with their families, the president said, that's okay," he added. "That's a decision you will make."
