Ending Birthright Citizenship

1.  What is the actual change Trump wants to make to US citizenship policy?

He wants to end birthright citizenship for the children of unauthorized immigrants.

2. What does the Constitution say about citizenship?

It is automatic for anyone born in the U.S. and subject to the jurisdiction of its laws.
3. How does Trump give false information about the US compared to the rest of the world about this issue?

He says the U.S. is the only country that does this.

4. What steps would have to take place before Trump was ready to sign an executive order?

The Department of Justice would have to assess its legality and the Department of Homeland Security would have to work out its consequences.

5. What did the Supreme Court decide in Wong Kim Ark?

The children of noncitizens born in the United States are citizens.

6. Why might the Trump Administration feel that INS v Rios Pineda gives him legal grounds to issue this EO?

The Supreme Court didn't give a formal statement. The children being citizens was technically only rhetoric.

7. Why might recent changes to the Supreme Court make the president confident that the SC would side with his actions?

It is conservative majority now.