{"id":57295,"date":"2025-02-03T11:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fresnocountydemocrats.org\/?p=57295"},"modified":"2026-06-24T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:18:16","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-an-un-american-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fresnocountydemocrats.org\/en_US\/letter-to-the-editor-an-un-american-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor: An Un-American Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: 600;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">An Un-American Order<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">\u201cFederal Judge blocks Trump order on birthright citizenship\u201d (Fresnobee.com, Jan.23)<\/span><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Trump\u2019s Executive Order to end Birthright Citizenship has been called \u201cblatantly unconstitutional\u201d and \u201cmind-boggling\u201d by Senior U.S. District Judge John C.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Coughenour (a Ronald Reagan appointee)<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">. The order, due to go into effect February 19th, runs roughshod over the Constitutional Rights of children born on U.S. soil to immigrant parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment is plain and unambiguous, \u201c<i><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside<\/em><\/i>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Any person born in the United States (except the children of foreign diplomats) is an American citizen! \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">About 25,000 children each year are born in California to immigrant parents.\u00a0 These American citizens would be subject to draconian effects if this order were to go into effect.\u00a0 They would be deportable at any time, and would not have access to Healthcare, Children\u2019s Health Insurance, Federal Programs that provide food or housing assistance, and many other privileges of citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">On Day One of his Presidency, Donald Trump managed to trample over the U.S. Constitution and attack American citizens, including innocent children.\u00a0 This Executive Order is illegal, reprehensible, and Un-American.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Authored by:\u00a0 Patricia Brown<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Submitted by:\u00a0 Myra N. 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