At the conclusion of the Civil War, three amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. One of these amendments was the 14th, which guarantees citizenship to all persons born in and under the jurisdiction of the United States.

President Donald Trump has now stated that he wants to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants via an executive order. While a majority of people agree that it would take another amendment to the constitution to end this right, and an intense legal battle, Trump’s suggestion brings to question: Is birthright citizenship something the United States should continue?

Trump isn’t the first politician to float the idea of ending birthright citizenship, and he isn’t the only one that currently supports such a change. Former U.S. Senator Harry Reid (R-Nevada) proposed such a bill and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has stated that he will introduce legislation similar to an executive order Trump could release.

Section 1 of the 14th Amendment addresses birthright citizenship, and for the most part, any and all questions regarding this section have been answered by the Supreme Court or upheld via alternate legislation.

But there’s a bigger question to be asked. Rather than argue about birthright citizenship and how it applies to immigration, people should be questioning the government’s right to establish arbitrary lines, often through war and massacre, and then determine who can and can’t cross those lines.

While a widely accepted method of establishing countries, borders are archaic. Your geographic location on the planet at the time you are born does nothing to determine how much of an American you are, or any other nationality for that matter. At least 30 other countries grant automatic birthright citizenship, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.

As a country, we’ve gotten so caught up in political ideology and party alliance that we are forgetting to ask the real questions.

Do you agree with birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants? The answer is most likely yes, as it has been that way for more than 150 years. However, a better one might be: Is an amendment written in response to the Civil War relevant today? Better yet, how many of our laws and amendments are outdated or irrelevant  to the 21st century?

The world, let alone America, has grown a lot in the last century. Perhaps it’s time we reevaluate how we are operating as a country to address some of the deeper issues. However, these changes, such as an amendment to the constitution, should not be made in reaction to the current political climate but instead a necessity based on the needs of people and not charged campaign rhetoric.