Trump seeks to have the Supreme Court reopen the case on birthright citizenship
The president insists on limiting this constitutional right and accuses that the ruling encourages so-called "birth tourism"
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, warned that he will “immediately” request a hearing before the Supreme Court, after it considered it illegal to limit birthright citizenship because it is a constitutional right.
"I will IMMEDIATELY request a new hearing before the Supreme Court of the United States. This legal aberration will destroy the United States if they do not modify their decision, which is absolute madness!", the US president published on his Truth Social network.
According to Trump, since the Supreme Court ruled on June 30 against his executive order to restrict this right of citizenship, "they are placing signs and billboards throughout the southern border and in Mexico announcing citizenship by birthright, with offers of 'births starting at $4,000'."
The United States Supreme Court ruled against Trump's decree that limited the citizenship of people born in the United States to being children of undocumented parents or those with temporary visas.
"In addition, similar posters are popping up all over our country. This scam will generate billions of dollars illegally, granting citizenship to anyone willing to pay," Trump said in his argument asking the Supreme Court to review its decision.
The president of the United States believes that the Supreme Court's decision “will be, by far, the main way to obtain citizenship, later allowing the rest of the family to join the beneficiary”: “It is unsustainable,” he added.
The Supreme Court ruling recognized that “children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are subject to the jurisdiction,” so “they are citizens from birth under the citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”
The decision was adopted by five votes in favor and four against of the justices that make up the court and maintains an interpretation of the Constitution that for more than 150 years considers almost any person to be American - there are exceptions such as the children of diplomatic officials - who is born within the country.
Trump had promised during his campaign to limit automatic citizenship for children of immigrants in an irregular situation, a measure that he signed on the same day he assumed his second term, January 20, 2025, and that inaugurated a period of restrictive anti-immigration policies.