Maxine Waters Suggests Deportation of Melania Trump Amid Birthright Citizenship Debate
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters called for an investigation into Melania Trump’s immigration status during a Los Angeles rally against the Trump administration’s policies.
During a protest in Los Angeles, Rep. Maxine Waters sparked controversy by suggesting that President Donald Trump should investigate the immigration status of First Lady Melania Trump and her family. The rally, which drew hundreds of protesters, was aimed at opposing the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government and audit federal agencies for overspending, fraud, and corruption.
Waters, addressing the crowd, criticized Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. She stated, “When he [Trump] talks about birthright, and he’s going to undo the fact that the Constitution allows those who are born here, even if the parents are undocumented, they have a right to stay in America. If he wants to start looking so closely to find those who were born here and their parents were undocumented, maybe he ought to first look at Melania.”
The congresswoman questioned whether Melania Trump’s parents, who were granted U.S. citizenship in 2018, were documented at the time of their entry into the country. Melania Trump, born in the former Yugoslavia and a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2006, is the first U.S. first lady to become a citizen through this process.
The Trump administration’s executive order seeks to clarify the 14th Amendment, aiming to prevent children of illegal immigrants or those on temporary visas from automatically gaining U.S. citizenship. This policy is currently under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Waters’ comments have ignited a firestorm on social media, with clips of her speech circulating widely on platforms like TikTok and X. Critics from conservative circles have been quick to denounce her remarks, further fueling the ongoing debate over immigration and citizenship policies in the United States.