DHS: Chinese suspects in military base incident show birthright citizenship poses security risk

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that the parents of two suspects who allegedly planted an explosive device outside MacDill Air Force Base in Florida were illegal immigrants. 

"Automatically granting citizenship to children of illegal aliens born in the U.S. is based on a historically inaccurate interpretation of the Citizenship Clause and poses a major national security risk," DHS wrote on X.

"That reality became apparent last week when two U.S.-born children of Chinese illegal aliens were indicted for planting a potentially deadly explosive device outside MacDill Air Force Base in Florida," the post read. 

DHS concluded that the incident "underscores the severe national security threat that illegal immigration and birth right citizenship pose to the United States."