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THE LIES AND MISINFORMATION POSTED BY THE LEFT ARE HORRIFIC. THEY WANT TO HURT AND HARM OTHERS THROUGH THEIR HATE FOR ONE MAN! THEY ARE SICK PEOPLE! The claim has two parts: whether Melania Trump was not a U.S. citizen when Barron Trump was born, and the implication that Donald Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship would affect his own family, starting with Barron. Let’s break it down. Part 1: Melania’s Citizenship Status at Barron’s Birth. This part is true. Barron Trump was born on March 20, 2006, in New York. Melania Trump, born in Slovenia, became a U.S. citizen in July 2006, a few months after Barron’s birth. HOWEVER, Melania was a lawful permanent resident (green card holder) since 2001, having obtained an EB-1 visa (often called the “Einstein visa”) for her modeling career. Part 2: Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship and Its Impact on His Family The implication that Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship would affect his family, particularly Barron, is FALSE and MISLEADING. Donald Trump has proposed ending birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who are both illegally present or on temporary visas, via an executive order, as stated in his 2023 Agenda 47 platform and reiterated in a December 8, 2024, NBC “Meet the Press” interview. The policy would require at least one parent to be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident for automatic citizenship and would apply only to future births, not retroactively. Barron Trump is a U.S. citizen under the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Since Barron was born in the U.S., and his father, Donald Trump, was a U.S. citizen at the time, Barron’s citizenship is secure. Additionally, Melania was a lawful permanent resident, not an undocumented immigrant, further ensuring Barron’s status under current law and even under Trump’s proposed policy. Legal experts, including Robert Scott and Amanda Frost, confirm that Barron’s citizenship would not be affected, as his father’s citizenship alone suffices. The same logic applies to Trump’s other children (Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric), who were born to Ivana Trump, who was not a U.S. citizen until 1988, after their births. All were born in the U.S., and their father’s citizenship ensures their status, regardless of their mother’s. Social media posts claiming Trump’s plan would strip his children of citizenship are false, as the policy targets future births to undocumented parents and does not apply retroactively. Conclusion: The statement that Melania was not a U.S. citizen when Barron was born is true. However, the suggestion that Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship would affect Barron or his family is false, as Barron is a U.S. citizen by birth, his father was a citizen, Melania was a legal resident, and the policy is not retroactive. The claim misrepresents the scope and impact of Trump’s proposal.