After the Supreme Court rejected his executive order, Trump urged Congress to immediately begin work on legislation to end birthright citizenship
US President Donald Trump has vowed to pursue legislation to end birthright citizenship after the US Supreme Court rejected his administration’s attempt to restrict automatic citizenship for children born on American soil, calling the ruling “too bad” for the country.
Reacting to the verdict on Tuesday, Trump said Congress should immediately begin work on legislation to end what he described as an “expensive and unfair” policy, insisting that a constitutional amendment would not be necessary.
“The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process. No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary! Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!” Trump wrote on X.
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s executive order
Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s executive order that sought to deny automatic US citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are either in the country illegally or on a temporary basis.
In a 6-3 ruling delivered on the final day of its term, the court reaffirmed the long-standing interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, holding that nearly everyone born on US soil is entitled to American citizenship.
The executive order, signed by Trump on the first day of his second term, had already been blocked by multiple lower courts and never came into force.
Chief Justice Roberts cites Fourteenth Amendment
Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present remain protected under the Constitution’s Citizenship Clause.
“Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are ‘subject to the jurisdiction‘ of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause,” Roberts wrote.
He added, “Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights, to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land.’ We keep that promise today.”
The ruling also made clear that altering birthright citizenship would require constitutional changes rather than executive action.
Justice Department vows action against birth tourism
Following the judgment, the US Justice Department said it would continue pursuing illegal birth tourism networks while complying with the court’s ruling.
“The Justice Department is committed to tackling illegal birth tourism schemes by working diligently with US Attorneys across the country to uphold the law,” the department said in a statement posted on X.
It added that individuals attempting to exploit legal loopholes to obtain automatic US citizenship for their children “pose a national security threat” and would face legal action.
The birthright citizenship order was one of the cornerstone immigration measures announced by Trump’s administration and became the first of his second-term immigration policies to receive a final ruling from the Supreme Court.
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