Sen. Jim Banks introduced legislation Monday to end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and birth tourists, using the very legal precedent the Supreme Court cited last month to rule against President Trump's executive order.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday to block President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship, but Justice Brett Kavanaugh's concurring opinion immediately handed Republicans a potential path forward through Congress.
The American Founders would be appalled. That's the message from Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, who issued blistering dissents today accusing Chief Justice John Roberts of dragging the nation back to medieval serfdom with his majority opinion on birthplace citizenship.
Several lawmakers are calling for Congress to pass a constitutional amendment banning birthright citizenship in the wake of the Supreme Court permitting the policy.
President Donald Trump didn't mince words Thursday when he called out what he sees as blatant abuse of America's birthright citizenship laws, singling out wealthy foreigners who game the system to secure U.S. citizenship for their children.
