Archive · 16 Dec 2025

Trump Challenges Birthright Citizenship Interpretation

Trump Challenges Birthright Citizenship Interpretation

President Donald Trump has been talking about birthright citizenship, which is the idea that anyone born in the United States automatically becomes a citizen.

He thinks this rule was only meant for children of slaves after the Civil War, not for people who come to the US from other countries.

Trump signed an order saying that only children of US citizens or Green Card holders can get citizenship this way.

The Supreme Court is going to decide on this issue, but they haven't set a date for the hearing yet.

Trump says that if the court agrees with him, it would be a big deal because many people might lose their citizenship.

The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution is the law that gives citizenship to people born in the US, no matter their race or where their family comes from.

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