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Barrett Challenges Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order in Court

4/4/2026

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a U.S. Supreme Court justice, questioned Solicitor General John Sauer during arguments on Trump's birthright citizenship order.
Barrett pressed Sauer on the claim that children of undocumented immigrants lack citizenship because their parents’ domicile.
She noted that many enslaved individuals were brought to the U.S. illegally, challenging how domicile would affect citizenship under the 14th Amendment.

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a U.S. Supreme Court justice, questioned Solicitor General John Sauer during arguments on Trump's birthright citizenship order.
Barrett pressed Sauer on the claim that children of undocumented immigrants lack citizenship because their parents’ domicile.
She noted that many enslaved individuals were brought to the U.S. illegally, challenging how domicile would affect citizenship under the 14th Amendment.