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24 States Support Trump's Birthright Citizenship Challenge

11/1/2025

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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined 24 states backing U.S. President Donald Trump’s birthright-citizenship order, filed before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Coalition argues the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to freed slaves, not to children of undocumented individuals.
Marshall said the Constitution should not allow citizenship by 'accident of birth' and highlighted the economic and public-safety burdens of illegal immigration.
The brief is part of Trump v. Washington and Trump v. Barbara.

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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall joined 24 states backing U.S. President Donald Trump’s birthright-citizenship order, filed before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Coalition argues the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to freed slaves, not to children of undocumented individuals.
Marshall said the Constitution should not allow citizenship by 'accident of birth' and highlighted the economic and public-safety burdens of illegal immigration.
The brief is part of Trump v. Washington and Trump v. Barbara.