Trump’s immigration rhetoric should concern all Americans

President Donald Trump's views on immigration are hard to pin down.

He is a longtime critic of illegal immigration and has embraced a draconian approach to enforcement of our nation's laws concerning unauthorized entry. But it's increasingly hard to believe that he's committed to upholding the law — or that he supports legal immigration, as he has often insisted.

He said in recent days that his administration was looking "very seriously" at ending birthright citizenship, even though doing so would require amending the Constitution to scale back the protections enshrined in the 14th Amendment. The White House also announced that it plans to end the 1997 Flores legal settlement, which caps the number of days that migrant children can be detained.