By Misty Severi | Just the News
The Supreme Court is weighing the legality of Trump’s executive order that looks to end birthright citizenship and “birth tourism,” which the administration argues “rewards illegal immigration.”
President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 14th Amendment and end birthright citizenship could be stronger after a recent study from the Pew Research Center found 9% of births in the U.S. in 2023 were to illegal migrants.
The Supreme Court is weighing the legality of Trump’s executive order that looks to end birthright citizenship, which the administration argues “rewards illegal immigration.”
Trump imposed the order last year as a means to deter pregnant tourists from having their babies in the United States and to stop illegal migrants from using the method as a way to remain in the country.
The administration is urging the Supreme Court to rule that children of temporary visitors and illegal migrants should not be deemed citizens at birth.
The president has also argued that the amendment was intended to confer citizenship on the children and babies of slaves after the Civil War, but courts have since ruled that it also pertains to children of immigrants.
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