Ahead of Supreme Court hearing, President Donald Trump Slammed “stupid judges and justices” and said birthright citizenship has “nothing to do with the rich in China and the rest of the world.”
The statement comes as the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday on whether every child born in the country is entitled to automatic citizenship.
In an article on Truth Social, trump card Says birthright citizenship in the United States was for the babies of slaves.
“Birthright citizenship has nothing to do with rich people from different countries Chinaand the rest of the world, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands of others, to ridiculously be paid to become citizens of the United States of America. It’s about slave babies! “
“We are the only country in the world that respects this subject by even discussing it. Look at the date of this long-ago legislation – the exact end of the Civil War!” he continued.
“The world is getting rich by selling citizenship to our country while laughing at how stupid our American court system has become (tariffs!). “Stupid judges and justices don’t make a great country!” ”, he added.
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What does the Constitution provide?
In the United States, birthright citizenship was incorporated into the Constitution in 1868 as a measure to safeguard the rights of newly freed slaves.
This was established through the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. The first part of the amendment states:
It says that all individuals born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens of the United States and of the state in which they reside.
However, President Trump targeted birthright citizenship, issuing an executive order banning the practice on the first day of his second term.
The Trump administration has argued that this provision of the Constitution is outdated and has been abused against immigrants who enter the country illegally.
Is birthright citizenship a universal policy?
Approximately 36 countries around the world (mainly in the Western Hemisphere) offer automatic birthright citizenship.
The legal term for this practice is jus solí, Latin for “soil rights.” Its origins can be traced to colonialism, particularly in South America and Africa, when Western European nations sought to increase their workforce and outpace the indigenous populations of these regions. Many African countries stopped this practice after independence.
An American flag flies outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in November. This week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could change the standards for U.S. citizenship.
Other countries have also eliminated the practice in recent decades. Ireland repealed the act in 2005 after about 80% of voters opposed it. The UK, Australia, New Zealand, India and Pakistan have also abolished the system.
Many countries grant citizenship through jus sanguinis or “right of jus sanguinis” (that is, by descent through the family). This month, however, Italy further tightened its eligibility criteria.
