Should the US abolish birthright citizenship?

I believe we should. You look at countries like United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Just being born in that country isn't good enough. In addition to being born in that country, one of your parents has to also already be a citizen of that country at the time of your birth. If the US for instance adopted such a measure, the only option for anchor babies would be for an illegal immigrant to procreate with an American citizen. Wouldn't get rid of the problem entirely, but it would cut it down massively.

President Trump has indicated is for getting rid of this as well. Unfortunately our birthright citizenship is embedded into the Fourteenth Amendment:

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All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

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This section of the Fourteenth Amendment would need to be repealed and that unfortunately would be difficult. But you should already have a parent, at least one, who is already an American citizen to get American citizenship automatically at birth, even if born in the US. Because right now, there is literally nothing stopping people from travelling by boat to the Palmyra Atoll, giving birth to a child on that uninhabited island that is a US territory where the Constitution applies and thus being granted citizenship at birth. It's absurd how a family with no prior affiliation or association can get their child citizenship here by just giving birth here.

The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified at a different time when the US was large and our population wasn't as big and the welfare state hadn't been established, and having more citizens was a good idea. But it's an outdated concept now.

Do you agree in repealing birthright citizenship?