Trump Calls on Congress to Act After Supreme Court Ruling on Birthright Citizenship

President Donald Trump on June 30 called on Congress to pass legislation that would restrict birthright citizenship in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that struck down an executive order Trump issued on the matter.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the order from Trump, which barred children born to illegal immigrants in the United States from receiving citizenship, ran counter to the U.S. Constitution.
Justice John Roberts, who authored the majority opinion, said that the Constitution’s 14th Amendment covers even children birthed by illegal immigrants, citing English legal doctrine that generally treats any person born in a country as a citizen of that country….