Debate: “Are persons born in the U.S. to temporarily or illegally present parents U.S. citizens by birthright under the Fourteenth Amendment?”

Now before the Supreme Court, President Trump’s effort through executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants born on U.S. soil.  A debate on the issue will be held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville on April 23. The debate resolution is 

“Be it resolved, persons born in the U.S. to temporarily or illegally present parents are U.S. citizens by birthright under the Fourteenth Amendment.” 

Arguing the affirmative is Vikram Amar, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Davis School of Law. Arguing the negative is Chuck Cooper, Founding Member and Chairman of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC.