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On Thursday, Trump said in a press conference that “it would be a disgrace” if the Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship.

“Twenty to 25 percent of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship; they’ll become citizens through birthright citizenship,” he said, grossly exaggerating the amount of children born in the U.S. to undocumented people or temporary visitors.

Trump then declared that birthright citizenship costs the U.S. inordinate sums of money. “They’re using the system, and it’s usually people that hate our country,” he said.

“No other country in the world” does birthright citizenship “the way we’re doing it,” he went on, a claim he has repeatedly peddled since announcing his aim to get rid of birthright citizenship in January.

In reality, 32 other countries have birthright citizenship laws that are similar to those of the U.S., including Canada and Mexico. And at least 50 other countries have limited variations of birthright citizenship.

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Contrary to Trump’s claim that birthright citizenship costs the U.S., studies have found that it actually benefits the U.S. economy, and that putting an end to it would be more costly.

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