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. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The comment was made by the 45th president during an interview on Axios on HBO that he plans on targeting this passage of the 14th with an executive order.
Trump told "Axios on HBO" that he has run the idea of ending birthright citizenship by his counsel and plans to proceed with the highly controversial move, which certainly will face legal challenges.
"It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don't," Trump said, declaring he can do it by executive order.
When told that's very much in dispute, Trump replied: "You can definitely do it with an Act of Congress. But now they're saying I can do it just with an executive order."
"We're the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States ... with all of those benefits," Trump continued. "It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And it has to end." (More than 30 countries, most in the Western Hemisphere, provide birthright citizenship.)
So, this could be an issue coming up. Apparently the 14th wasn't used to give status to children of undocumented immigrants until the 1960s, so there can be a viable legal challenge. Although, SCOTUS has already ruled that children born to immigrants who are legal permanent residents are citizens. There has been no court ruling on the children of undocumented immigrants or the children of immigrants on a temporary visa.
If there was a legal challenge via SCOTUS, I would accept the validity of the change. I'm less pleased with an executive order changing a constitutional amendment. If EO's can change constitutional amendments then the 1st or 2nd could easily be changed as well.