<p>President Trump believes that if you're born in the United States, you should not automatically be a citizen.</p>

<p>Historian Heather Cox Richardson says Trump is willfully misinterpreting American history and the Constitution.</p>

President Trump believes that if you're born in the United States, you should not automatically be a citizen. Historian Heather Cox Richardson says Trump is willfully misinterpreting American history and the Constitution.

The real story of birthright citizenship

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