Trump says he’s going to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump tells Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy he will attend Wednesday’s expected oral arguments on the birthright citizenship case. (Pool)
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he plans to attend Wednesday’s case before the U.S. Supreme Court about who is entitled to birthright citizenship.
The justices will hear arguments in Trump v. Barbara, which is challenging his 2025 executive order ending the birthright citizenship practice.
Trump issued the order upon taking office, saying birthright citizenship, a product of the 14th Amendment that has been widely interpreted to guarantee citizenship to anyone born in the U.S., has been widely abused by foreigners, specifically illegal immigrants.
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President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House. Trump said he will attend Wednesday’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court for a case about birthright citizenship. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
The case has come before the high court after multiple judges blocked the order from taking effect.
The Trump administration has argued the 14th Amendment was originally intended to grant citizenship to former slaves, not to children of illegal immigrants or temporary visitors.
“This is not about Chinese billionaires or billionaires from other countries who, all of a sudden, have 75 children or 59 children in one case or 10 children becoming American citizens,” Trump told Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
“This was about slaves. And if you take a look, slaves. We’re talking about slaves from the Civil War.”
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