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Even After SCOTUS Citizenship Ruling, Trump Has These Options to Fight Birth Tourism

Although the Supreme Court ruled in favor of birthright citizenship last week, the Trump administration and Congress could still take action to reduce the effect of the policy.

Vice President JD Vance endorsed a proposal to restrict birthright citizenship in the U.S. territories, citing Roger Severino, vice president of economic and domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation. Vance asserted in a Fox News interview with Laura Ingraham that the Trump administration is reviewing ways to close the loopholes in the policy.

🚨 @VP JD VANCE: "BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP IS A LOOPHOLE.""It's fundamentally a loophole that now exists in our immigration system that rewards illegal aliens.""There are a number of things that we're already looking at… to try to close down that loophole." pic.twitter.com/QID0R5KPGz— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) June 30, 2026

🚨 @VP JD VANCE: "BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP IS A LOOPHOLE.""It's fundamentally a loophole that now exists in our immigration system that rewards illegal aliens.""There are a number of things that we're already looking at… to try to close down that loophole." pic.twitter.com/QID0R5KPGz

Severino noted that under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the president also has broad authority to impose penalties on immigrants who engage in “birth tourism,” when a woman who is a citizen of another country travels to the United States to give birth and secure U.S. citizenship for her child. Members of Congress and policy experts have identified the........

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