"Donald Trump’s attacks on birthright citizenship are in line with his overall strategy to invalidate the presence and existence of anyone in this country who he opposes, no matter how long they’ve been here or how they arrived. In a decade, we’ve gone from his claims that President Obama wasn’t born in this country to claiming it’s not even enough for someone to be. This is not, and was never, about so-called 'criminals.'
"As the son of immigrants I worry that by sidestepping the issues of birthright citizenship itself, while limiting the ability of lower courts to prevent this and other assaults on the Constitution and the rights it bestows, we are opening the door even further to authoritarian impulses.
"My fellow elected officials should be much more alarmed about this than a proposal for free buses in New York City."
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