Thursday, August 6, 2026

Trump takes another crack at restricting birthright citizenship

Donald Trump isn't taking his defeat at the Supreme Court well.

June's ruling against his previous order rolling back birthright citizenship for some immigrant families touched a nerve with the president, who raged about it today at the White House

“We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright was close, but a very, very unfortunate decision. So we're making adjustments because it's very unfair,” he said today.

Undaunted, the president on Thursday unveiled yet another order challenging the Constitution's definition and protections.

The new order(s) are much narrower. One restricts birthright citizenship for families of some foreign diplomatic staff, while another targets so-called "birth tourism".

Trump was flanked by Stephen Miller on Thursday as he unveiled the orders and took aim at the Court's "unfair" ruling.

Miller remains the architect of his mass deportation program, which accelerated in July as the administration pushes to set new records with deportation numbers.

This latest set of orders could well face legal challenges. Once again, the Trump administration is relying on distinctions in classes of immigrants that simply don't appear in constitutional text.

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By John Bowden

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