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>selectively apply birthright citizenship
But there was never a Supreme Court ruling on giving children of illegals brithright citizenship.
The idea of giving non-citizen, yet legal residents of this country birthright citizenship for their child was an issue that was settled only in the 70s.
There was never a constitutional precedent nor a historical one for giving the children of illegals birthright citizenship.
Trump ultimately has very limited networks in politics and I doubt he'd be able to get much done in his first term.
Hate the guy all you want, but there is no denying by the right that he is the first candidate in a long time that accusations of racism/sexism literally don't do anything to him.
Every policy from abortion, immigration, economic principles, national security, has been a solid loss for the Republicans. Its always the same tirade of "old, raycis, white Republicans don't want anybody to have anything".
Instead of sticking to their guns and reaching out to the demographics that will vote for them, they continue to try to sweep up minority votes with arguments like "LIberals are the real racists and we don't hate women."
The reality is that conservatives will never get the colored vote in America. The "us vs them" oppression narrative is so ingrained that they will check the blue box till the end times. Republicans never get it so they continue to try to make their party more marketable to colored with "immigration friendly" policies and token women on the ticket, but the public will never go for it because the Democrats play the same game and win every time.
Trump has the media savvy and the election experience (even if he was a total joke during his previous run) where he knows how to stir up nationalist sentiments in America, yet just stay behind the politically unviable "white supremacist" line.
He's also not as stupid as he looks. He understands that majority voters don't go to college or watch to hear some endless tirade about policy crafting.
His camp already shows understanding that illegal immigration is primarily due to poor enforcement of visa expiration and unwillingness to prosecute, but lets face it, that does not sound nearly as exciting or urgent as telling Americans there are tons of Mexicans running through and raping our boarders, so he's gonna be the one to put up a mega deathwall to keep these people out.
TLDR: Love him or hate him, he's the best shot we have for AT LEAST changing the race narrative in this country.