Trump says Supreme Court loss on birthright citizenship ‘too bad,’ calls on Congress to act

President Trump suggested Tuesday that he would use Congress to end birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court ruled against his order to restrict the policy.

“The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!” he added.

Trump said lawmakers should start the process “today” to end birthright citizenship, calling it “expensive and unfair to our country.”

“They will have my Complete and Total Support!” he wrote.

The nation’s highest court issued its ruling earlier Tuesday, saying that the 14th Amendment guarantees automatic citizenship to nearly all children born on U.S. soil, even those whose parents are in the country illegally.

Chief Justice John Roberts, along with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett and all three liberal justices voted to block Trump’s January 2025 executive order which required at least one parent to be a U.S. citizen or have permanent legal status. Justice Brett Kavanaugh also........

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