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Roberts Upholds Birthright Citizenship; Study Warns 255 k Stateless infants.

7/10/2026

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Roberts Blocks Trump

Legal experts note the Court has reheard a decided case only once since 1957, rendering President Donald Trump’s petition unlikely.
Justice John Roberts said the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to every child born on U.S. soil, overturning Trump’s order.
Migration Policy Institute-Penn State study warned the order could create 255,000 stateless infants annually.
The same study projected 2.7 million additional undocumented residents by 2045.

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Trump Decries Scam

President Donald Trump claimed billboards on southern border and Mexico advertise $4,000 “birthright citizenship” packages, calling it a nationwide scam.
A petition to the Supreme Court will seek rehearing of the June 30 decision that upheld birthright citizenship.
White House Press Secretary Abigail Jackson told Newsmax the birthright citizenship fight is getting started.
The Center for Immigration Studies estimated 20,000-26,000 tourist-visa births annually, cited as abuse evidence.

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Historical Context

President Donald Trump’s petition seeks to overturn United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the 1898 Supreme Court ruling that the Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. The case, authored by Justice Stephen Field, anchored birthright citizenship for children of Chinese immigrants and has since protected roughly 250,000 U.S.-born children of non-citizen parents each year.

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Roberts Blocks Trump

Legal experts note the Court has reheard a decided case only once since 1957, rendering President Donald Trump’s petition unlikely.
Justice John Roberts said the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to every child born on U.S. soil, overturning Trump’s order.
Migration Policy Institute-Penn State study warned the order could create 255,000 stateless infants annually.
The same study projected 2.7 million additional undocumented residents by 2045.

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