Trump may prevail on birthright citizenship despite Supreme Court ruling

by WorldTribune Staff, June 30, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

President Donald Trump could succeed in his effort to end birthright citizenship in spite of Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling, congressional Republicans say.

The Supreme Court’s ruling came in a case which challenged an executive order that Trump issued on the first day of his second term. It declared that future children born in the U.S. wouldn’t be considered citizens if their parents were living in the country illegally or were visiting the country on temporary visas.

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The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision ruled it was enshrined in the Constitution in 1868 that virtually everyone born on American soil is automatically a U.S. citizen.

“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. “The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to every free-born person in this land. We keep that promise today.”

Several bills, including the Birthright Citizenship Act introduced by Texas Republican Rep. Brian Babin and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, seek to end or sharply restrict automatic birthright citizenship by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

These measures would reinterpret the 14th Amendment’s “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” clause to grant citizenship at birth only to children with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident (LPR) residing in the U.S., or an LPR serving in the military.

“American citizenship is a priceless privilege that must be protected, not exploited. We must restore integrity to our immigration system, uphold the rule of law, and protect the value of American citizenship for generations to come,” Babin told Just The News.

In Tuesday’s ruling, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

“This is one of the most important decisions in the history of the Court, and in my judgment, the Court has made a serious mistake,” Alito wrote. “As interpreted by the Court today, the Fourteenth Amendment confers citizenship on virtually everyone who happens to be born in this country, including the children of ‘birth tourists.’”

“Careful analysis of the text of the Fourteenth Amendment and the process that led to its adoption,” Alito continued, “shows that it does not degrade the concept of United States citizenship in this way.”

Thomas wrote that the majority opinion’s account of the 14th Amendment “is not historically accurate.”

In a social-media post, Trump said the decision was “too bad for our Country,” but that he would support efforts by some Republicans in Congress to pass legislation to address the issue. The Justice Department separately said it would crack down on “birth tourism schemes” that violate the law.

Birth tourism, when foreign nationals travel to the United States on temporary visas specifically to give birth, is an issue that Trump addressed early in his second term.

Investigative journalist Peter Schweizer detailed this practice extensively in his 2026 book, “The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon,” in which he described how China has industrialized the practice on a large scale through an organized industry.

Chinese officials have estimated around 50,000 Chinese nationals per year give birth in the U.S. or territories like Saipan, while some scholars place the figure closer to 100,000 annually, according to Marketplace’s China.

Schweizer reports more than 1,000 birth tourism companies operate in China focused on the U.S., offering concierge packages costing up to $100,000 that include visa guidance, medical arrangements, and sometimes instructions on concealing pregnancies or claiming indigent to reduce hospital bills.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision, Trump posted to Truth Social:

I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP

__ 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! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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