Trump allies urge Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order
Law enforcement shouldn't be political.
The Supreme Court will soon hear a landmark challenge over precisely who can enjoy the birthright citizenship granted under the 14th amendment, and the Trump administration and its allies are urging the high court to side with the president’s view.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, claiming that birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment does not extend to children born on U.S. soil to parents who are in the country illegally or on a temporary basis, such as on a visa. Under the executive order, a child born on U.S. soil who has one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident would still be granted citizenship at birth. Trump’s order was challenged by numerous lawsuits, and the Supreme Court agreed to take up a class action lawsuit, titled Trump v. Barbara, in December, after the DOJ appealed multiple cases to the justices.
The Justice Department submitted its brief for arguments to the high court earlier this month, followed by multiple briefs from outside groups supporting the president’s side filed this week. In the DOJ’s brief, the administration defended the executive order as consistent with the 14th amendment’s original intention for citizenship when it was ratified in the 19th century.
“The Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause was adopted to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their children—not to children of temporarily present aliens or illegal aliens,” the DOJ said in its brief to the Supreme Court.
“The Order advances broader efforts to combat the ‘significant threats to national security and public safety’ posed by illegal entry and birth tourism,” the brief added. “Henceforth, consistent with the Citizenship Clause’s original meaning, the Executive Branch would not treat future children of temporarily present aliens and illegal aliens as U.S. citizens.”
Various groups and lawmakers offered their friend-of-the-court briefs in favor of upholding the Trump administration’s executive order this week. The Coolidge Reagan Foundation, a right-leaning group, argued in its brief that the Supreme Court “should not allow one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century to be resolved as a matter of constitutional law by accident.”
“This Court should not construe this provision to inadvertently resolve the fundamentally different challenge of systemic illegal immigration in the face of the modern welfare state more than a century later without any public debate or deliberation,” the …
Law enforcement shouldn't be political.
The Supreme Court will soon hear a landmark challenge over precisely who can enjoy the birthright citizenship granted under the 14th amendment, and the Trump administration and its allies are urging the high court to side with the president’s view.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, claiming that birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment does not extend to children born on U.S. soil to parents who are in the country illegally or on a temporary basis, such as on a visa. Under the executive order, a child born on U.S. soil who has one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident would still be granted citizenship at birth. Trump’s order was challenged by numerous lawsuits, and the Supreme Court agreed to take up a class action lawsuit, titled Trump v. Barbara, in December, after the DOJ appealed multiple cases to the justices.
The Justice Department submitted its brief for arguments to the high court earlier this month, followed by multiple briefs from outside groups supporting the president’s side filed this week. In the DOJ’s brief, the administration defended the executive order as consistent with the 14th amendment’s original intention for citizenship when it was ratified in the 19th century.
“The Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause was adopted to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their children—not to children of temporarily present aliens or illegal aliens,” the DOJ said in its brief to the Supreme Court.
“The Order advances broader efforts to combat the ‘significant threats to national security and public safety’ posed by illegal entry and birth tourism,” the brief added. “Henceforth, consistent with the Citizenship Clause’s original meaning, the Executive Branch would not treat future children of temporarily present aliens and illegal aliens as U.S. citizens.”
Various groups and lawmakers offered their friend-of-the-court briefs in favor of upholding the Trump administration’s executive order this week. The Coolidge Reagan Foundation, a right-leaning group, argued in its brief that the Supreme Court “should not allow one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century to be resolved as a matter of constitutional law by accident.”
“This Court should not construe this provision to inadvertently resolve the fundamentally different challenge of systemic illegal immigration in the face of the modern welfare state more than a century later without any public debate or deliberation,” the …
Trump allies urge Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order
Law enforcement shouldn't be political.
The Supreme Court will soon hear a landmark challenge over precisely who can enjoy the birthright citizenship granted under the 14th amendment, and the Trump administration and its allies are urging the high court to side with the president’s view.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20, 2025, claiming that birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment does not extend to children born on U.S. soil to parents who are in the country illegally or on a temporary basis, such as on a visa. Under the executive order, a child born on U.S. soil who has one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident would still be granted citizenship at birth. Trump’s order was challenged by numerous lawsuits, and the Supreme Court agreed to take up a class action lawsuit, titled Trump v. Barbara, in December, after the DOJ appealed multiple cases to the justices.
The Justice Department submitted its brief for arguments to the high court earlier this month, followed by multiple briefs from outside groups supporting the president’s side filed this week. In the DOJ’s brief, the administration defended the executive order as consistent with the 14th amendment’s original intention for citizenship when it was ratified in the 19th century.
“The Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause was adopted to grant citizenship to freed slaves and their children—not to children of temporarily present aliens or illegal aliens,” the DOJ said in its brief to the Supreme Court.
“The Order advances broader efforts to combat the ‘significant threats to national security and public safety’ posed by illegal entry and birth tourism,” the brief added. “Henceforth, consistent with the Citizenship Clause’s original meaning, the Executive Branch would not treat future children of temporarily present aliens and illegal aliens as U.S. citizens.”
Various groups and lawmakers offered their friend-of-the-court briefs in favor of upholding the Trump administration’s executive order this week. The Coolidge Reagan Foundation, a right-leaning group, argued in its brief that the Supreme Court “should not allow one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century to be resolved as a matter of constitutional law by accident.”
“This Court should not construe this provision to inadvertently resolve the fundamentally different challenge of systemic illegal immigration in the face of the modern welfare state more than a century later without any public debate or deliberation,” the …
