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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)

@RebekahCurielAlessi 2026-03-31

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." 🗽

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@waxlercliff 2026-03-31

Stop Birthright Citizenship and anchor babies once and for all.

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@27qwljrob2 2026-03-31

6:24 - So his argument is basically, "Oh no! She's crying! Quick, burn the Constitution!" Bro, spare me your emotional arguments.

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@user-lirtd7j9 2026-03-31

Did he say 250,000 illegal babies are born in the United States every year. Wow

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@garyjohnson8327 2026-03-31

Wofsy you are wrong. It did not include Native Americans

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@havenbastion 2026-03-31

What do you even need to argue when it's against the plain language? That's another problem, not a solution.

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@bminusconstruction4212 2026-04-01

Wow … they really want a Civil War. Pretty Words - Bloody Results

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@AlfonsoFlores-q6m 2026-04-01

If the supreme court doesn't rule in Donald Trump favor to do away with birth right citizenship the United States won't have a country.

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@jaydengiovanni1 2026-03-31

All I can say is bye bye

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@PaulFlores-m9d 2026-03-31

It's not unconstitutional until the Supreme Court says it is.

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