President Donald Trump is urging the Supreme Court to “do what’s right” as the justices prepare to rule on his executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants and others who are not lawful permanent residents.
The case, argued before the high court in April, could become one of the most important immigration rulings in modern history. Trump says the 14th Amendment was never intended to create automatic citizenship for anyone who happens to be born on American soil while their parents are here unlawfully or temporarily. He argued the provision was adopted after the Civil War to protect the children of freed slaves — not to reward illegal immigration, birth tourism, or wealthy foreign nationals gaming the system. The president warned that if the current interpretation stands, America will continue losing control over its own citizenship rules as the nation’s demographic downslide continues.
President Trump argued that the policy could create massive long-term costs and encourage more people to enter the country for the purpose of securing citizenship for their children. Trump also criticized the Court’s recent rulings against his administration, saying the justices have already done serious damage on issues like tariffs that are holding back America’s revival.
Still, he called on them to defend the country’s sovereignty in this crucial case. The issue is straightforward: citizenship must mean allegiance, lawful status, and a real connection to the United States — and a loophole exploited by illegal immigrants, foreign elites, and open-border activists that is killing America should not be allowed to persist.
President Trump did not appoint supposedly conservative justices to the bench so they could sit idly by while the country was destroyed by illegal immigrants. The Supreme Court now faces its defining moment: will they do the right thing and ensure that America controls its own citizenship, or will they keep forcing the nation to reward those who break its laws?
