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[quote=Anonymous]Seems so  impractical. 
I just went to look at my birth certificate, which is not where I thought it should be, wanted to see what it showed regarding my parents. May show where they were born. But if it does and the parents are foreign born, that doesn't tell you if they are citizens now. This is completely aside from the fact that  paternity is often in doubt (and how do you get DNA if the father is nowhere to be found?). 
SS numbers have been issued at birth for years (this was to prevent a formerly common form of identity theft where you would find a grave of a child and get a SSN using their name and DOB). So what happens with that? IOs the child just in limbo until all paperwork is filed? Can Trump deport a newborn now?

I'm not sure how a decision could be written that would limit such injunctions to executive orders that were as blatantly unconstitutional as this one (and the question about babies born to foreigners was asked and answered back when the question was debated in Congress). You cannot say that the amendment does not count because we did not have restrictions on immigration such as exist now (I imagine if a ship manifest listed a notorious person in the 1870s he might not be let in at the harbor), because if conditions have changed Congress is perfectly free to pursue an amendment.

Funny how these people consider themselves originalists. But all I can say is it is not the win Trump believes it is.

On a side note, he's pissed at Canada which is now imposing a tariff on digital services. I'm applauding (I'd wondered how those sorts of things worked in the world of tariffs). [/quote]

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