Garrison Davis

This is called the Childhood Citizenship Act of 2000, which makes a permanent resident become a citizen if they're living with a US citizen parent.

Yeah.

And things like that, citizenship kind of rolls over from permanent residency without ever actually having to become naturalized.

And getting that added to any kind of database doesn't really happen by itself.

You have to then apply for proof of citizenship, like a passport or a certificate.

So there's all these sorts of weird instances where someone is a citizen, but it may not show up in these sorts of records, including social security records.

Yeah.

I should just clarify that, like, not all tribal members are necessarily U.S.

citizens, but tribal membership documents can sometimes be used, like Garrison was saying, right, as a way to prove United States citizenship.

It's just more than 100 years now since the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, right?

There may still be people alive today who were made citizens by that act, but would not have any particular documentation that's personal to them to show that.

The executive order also writes that the attorney general will investigate and prosecute state officials, local officials, individuals, and public or private entities who issue federal ballots to individuals not eligible to vote or aid and abet the printing, production, shipment, or distribution of ballots to those ineligible to vote.

That's what we call a chilling effect.

The second half of the order takes on vote by mail by instructing the postmaster general to initiate a proposed rulemaking that requires states submit lists of voters who will be provided mail-in or absentee ballots at least 60 days before an election and that the USPS shall not transmit any ballots for anyone not on this state citizenship list.

Now, all of this is intended to take effect before the midterm elections, with the DHS instructed to establish the infrastructure necessary to compile, maintain, and transmit the state citizenship list within 90 days, though this executive order may very well be blocked by courts for being an unconstitutional breach of presidential power.

The fallout of this will be determined in the next few weeks as states and legal entities prepare lawsuits.

Let's talk about one other executive order.

On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that a key section of the executive order, ending taxpayer subsidization of biased media is unconstitutional.

In this order, Trump instructed all federal agencies to cut funding to PBS and NPR.

The judge in this case wrote that the president can criticize reporting from such outlets and fund programs that promote specific perspectives and impose limits on federal grants.