Trump's birthright-citizenship executive order would have affected more than one-quarter of a million babies born in the United States each year, according to research by the Migration Policy Institute and Pennsylvania State University's Population Research Institute.
Sources
- Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits (apnews.com)
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-rejects-trump-limits-on-birthright-citizenship (pbs.org)
- https://www.newsweek.com/gop-split-over-birthright-citizenship-as-supreme-court-weighs-ruling-poll-11919224 (newsweek.com)
- https://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/ending-automatic-birthright-citizenship (migrationpolicy.org)
- https://www.migrationpolicy.org/journal/policy-beat/though-rare-birth-tourism-united-states-sparks-outsized-concern (migrationpolicy.org)
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