Trump's estranged niece highlights family's immigrant past in clash over his bid to end citizenship rights.
President-elect Donald Trump's latest promise to end birthright citizenship drew sharp criticism from his estranged niece Mary Trump, who highlighted that the policy helped establish their own family roots in America.During an NBC Meet the Press interview with Kristen Welker that aired Sunday, Trump renewed his pledge to eliminate automatic citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants.
The Trump family's American story began on October 7, 1885, when Friedrich Trump, a 16-year-old German barber, bought a one-way ticket to America. According to historical records, he was fleeing three years of compulsory German military service - a decision that would later prove consequential.
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