President Trump is joined by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly during a visit to the Department of Homeland Security on Jan. 25. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)A prominent advocate of ending U.S. birthright citizenship is in line to join the Trump administration in an immigration-related position at the Department of Homeland Security, according to two former U.S. officials informed of transition changes by department personnel. I can’t confirm anything” about accounts circulating among some current and former DHS officials that he would join the department in an immigration enforcement post. Feere in 2010 estimated those births at between 300,000 and 400,000 a year, according to information on the CIS website. Denying citizenship to U.S. born children of illegal immigrants would open a new battleground.

Source: Washington Post January 26, 2017 13:57 UTC