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Alito slams birthright decision as ‘serious mistake’
The 6-3 ruling leaves intact citizenship for children born to undocumented or temporary residents, while Alito warned it could affect the country’s future.
- On Wednesday the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision rejecting President Trump's executive order and reaffirming that children born on U.S. soil are citizens at birth under the 14th Amendment.
- Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, embraced a broad understanding of the Citizenship Clause, rejecting narrow interpretations of "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States.
- In a blistering dissent, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. called the majority's interpretation a "serious mistake," warning of "grotesque results" and criticizing commercialized "birth tourism" by foreign nationals.
- Critics contrast Alito's ruling with his immigrant background, noting he once praised his father, Antonino Alati, as an "extraordinary man who came to the United States as a young child."
- Congress could legislate to deny automatic citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants without amending the Constitution, ensuring intense debates over congressional power persist in political and academic arenas.
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PJ MediaThe Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Mistake
by Ben Shapiro at CDN - The Supreme Court has now settled, at least for the foreseeable future, one of the most contentious questions in American immigration law: A child born in the United States is a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the child’s parents entered the country legally or came solely to give birth. That remains the law after the … Click to read the rest HERE-> The Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Mistake first posted at Con…
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