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"Deeply Illegal, Unconstitutional": Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban Reaches Supreme Court

2026-03-31 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week on the constitutionality of President Trump's move to end birthright citizenship. An executive order, signed on Trump's first day back in office, declares children born to parents without permanent legal status would no longer be automatically granted citizenship. The policy "is deeply illegal, unconstitutional and morally wrong," says Cody Wofsy, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project. The ACLU is representing all children targeted by Trump's executive order in a class-action lawsuit. Wofsy says roughly 5 million U.S.-born children would be affected by the order over the next 20 years. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@Charles-n4j 2026-03-31

Citizenship was not meant for illegal aliens it was meant for black slavery

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@Bauks 2026-03-31

Birthright citizenship made sense before the advent of airplanes and birthing tourism.

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@cindyrogers4206 2026-03-31

Not if they illegally entered and made USA pay for medical . That is more than their country did for them . Deport

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@neiloevocati 2026-03-31

Birth Right Citizenship does not exempt the Parent from Prosecution

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@billbaxter3800 2026-04-01

I have no faith in the supreme court to make the right decision.

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@viceverse11 2026-03-31

It’s not an end to birthright citizenship. Just a correction of the applicability respecting the language of the amendment.

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@LucasPolk-j5n 2026-04-01

To give automatic birthright citizenship to anyone and anybody who can sneak into the country is totally wrong. It cheapens what it means to be an American

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@imrael496 2026-04-02

Birthright tourism has to be stopped. We are responsible for our own demise

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@Johnf275 2026-03-31

Congress rejected broader language (e.g., Sen. Benjamin Wade's proposal for simple "born in the United States") partly because it might include children of temporary visitors.

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@UrbanTurtleFarm 2026-03-31

Why can’t I just put on the whole show anymore?

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