A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect United States citizenship.
Sen. Paul Proposes Constitutional Amendment to End Automatic Birthright Citizenship
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It has been sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee for review and is not yet scheduled for a vote. The bill is considered active but has not moved beyond the initial committee stage.
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Constitutional amendments are extremely difficult to pass and require broad support across the country that this proposal currently lacks.
Key Points
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
If ratified, children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents would no longer automatically receive U.S. citizenship. This would be a transformative change, potentially creating a growing population of people born on U.S. soil who lack citizenship and the rights and protections that come with it, including the right to vote, access to certain public benefits, and protection from deportation.
Milestones
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
News
Rand Paul proposes amendment to end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants in the U.S.
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect United States citizenship.
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