President-elect Donald Trump believes birthright-citizenship is “ridiculous” and wants to end it after taking office on January 20th. A guarantee that has been enshrined in the Constitution for more than 150 years. The United States grants citizenship to children born within its borders, regardless of the citizenship of its parents. However, that will soon change. “We’re going to have to get it changed,” Mr. Trump said in an interview. “We’ll maybe have to go back to the people. But we have to end it.” Although he had raised this issue during his first term as well, nothing substantial happened. “It’s not the practice of every country, and Trump and his supporters have argued that the system is being abused and that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen,” Russell A Stamets, Partner at Circle of Counsels, told Business Standard. The right of birthright citizenship is based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and is well-established under US law, so elimination would encounter significant legal challenges. The 14th Amendment says, “All persons …