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Donald Trump’s Unconstitutional（违反宪法的） Dreams
In an interview with the news program “Axios on HBO,” President Trump announced that he plans to issue an executive order（专指美国总统发布的行政令） ending birthright citizenship, the principle（原则） that everyone born in the United States, with a handful of exceptions（除去少数的例外）, is automatically a citizen of the United States.
“It was always told to me,” the president declared, “that you needed a constitutional amendment（修改，修正）. Guess what? You don’t.”
In fact, such an order would undoubtedly（毫无疑问的） be unconstitutional. It would also violate a deeply rooted American idea — that anybody, regardless of race, religion, national origin, or the legal status（合法身份） of one’s parents, can be a loyal citizen of this country.
Birthright citizenship is established by the Civil Rights Act（民权法案） of 1866, still on the books today, and by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified（指正式场合的签署） two years later. Adopted as part of the effort to purge the United States of the legacy of slavery（奴隶制）, the principle of birthright citizenship remains an eloquent statement（一份有力的申明） about the nature（性质） of American society, a powerful force for assimilation of the children of immigrants and a repudiation（拒绝接受） of our long history of racism（种族主义）.
Mr. Trump’s prospective order would deny citizenship to children born in the United States to noncitizens. It is especially aimed at undocumented（未登记的，违法的） immigrants who supposedly（据说） pour into the country to have “anchor babies” — one of the president’s numerous exaggerations（n，夸大，夸张） when it comes to the dangers posed by immigration.
Mr. Trump’s order, if issued, will not only violate both the Constitution and deeply rooted American ideals（美国理想）, but also set a dangerous precedent（先例）. If the president can unilaterally（一方的） abrogate（撤销，废除） a provision（条款） of the Constitution by executive order, which one will be next?
重点词汇
birthright：与生俱来的权力； birthright citizenship：出生公民权
amendment：修改，修正
deeply rooted：根深蒂固的
purge：指人的时候，表示暴力，肃清，purge sth of sb；purge sb from sth；指某物的时候，表清除，清洗不愿有的记忆
legacy：某事的后遗症
eloquent：有说服力的，be eloquent of sth：清楚表明
assimilation：同化成为一部分
deny sth to sb：拒绝某人享有某种权利（正式）；