The U.S. Supreme Court on April 1 will consider whether President Donald Trump’s executive order excluding the children of illegal immigrants and legal temporary visitors from automatic birthright citizenship is constitutional.
Trump, who has frequently used the term “anchor babies” to refer to children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents, issued Executive Order 14160 on Jan. 20, 2025, in hopes of ending the practice. His order, which is about to be considered by the justices, was blocked by lower courts.
U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the government’s petition that automatic citizenship “operates as a powerful incentive for illegal migration,” presents national security concerns, and “has spawned an industry of modern ‘birth tourism,’ by which foreigners travel to the United States solely for the purpose of giving birth here and obtaining citizenship for their children.”…
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order
