The Single Question That Will Doom Trump’s Quest to Gut Birthright Citizenship

About this episode

Elie Honig discusses the implications of Trump's efforts to change birthright citizenship.

Elie Honig is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and co-chief of the organized crime unit at the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted more than 100 mobsters, including members of La Cosa Nostra, and the Gambino and Genovese crime families. He went on to serve as Director of the Department of Law and Public Safety at New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice. He is currently Special Counsel at Lowenstein Sandler and a CNN legal analyst. For a transcript of Elie’s note and the full archive of contributor notes, head to CAFE.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Elie Honig

Topics covered

• birthright citizenship
• Trump
• legal analysis
• politics
• immigration policy

Keywords

• Trump
• birthright citizenship
• Elie Honig
• legal analysis
• immigration
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CAFE, CNN, Lowenstein Sandler, New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Southern District of New York, La Cosa Nostra, Gambino crime family, Genovese crime family

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