Trump Sparks Outrage with Explosive Comments on Birthright Citizenship
Donald Trump has never shied away from expressing his stance on immigration, and his latest remarks are turning heads once again.
Since taking office on January 20, the former president has been aggressively reshaping several U.S. policies, from trade agreements and drug enforcement to crime and immigration. One of the most controversial issues? Birthright citizenship.
Under Trump’s administration, the U.S. has significantly ramped up deportations, with many migrants sent to El Salvador’s mega-prisons under a wartime-era legal loophole—without any formal legal process. Non-citizens were offered “free flights” and even “exit bonuses” as incentives to leave voluntarily.
Now, Trump has reignited a heated national debate: Should children born in the U.S. to non-permanent residents automatically be granted citizenship?
According to the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens.” But Trump and his legal team argue that this law has been misused in modern times and was never intended to apply to children of undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors.
An executive order aiming to revoke this right was previously blocked by federal judges in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington.
Undeterred, Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, calling on the Supreme Court to revisit the case. He argued that the original intent of the 14th Amendment—ratified in 1868—was to protect the rights of children born to formerly enslaved people, not to offer citizenship to what he called “vacationing” families or those seeking to exploit the system.
“Birthright Citizenship was not meant for people taking vacations to become permanent Citizens… laughing at the ‘SUCKERS’ that we are!” Trump posted.
“The United States is the only Country in the World that does this… But the drug cartels love it!”
“We are, for the sake of being politically correct, a STUPID country…”
Trump also cited historical context, stating that the 14th Amendment followed the Civil War and was never meant to apply to modern immigration.
“It had nothing to do with Illegal Immigration… It had to do with Civil War results, and the babies of slaves who our politicians felt, correctly, needed protection.”
He concluded his post with a direct appeal to the Supreme Court:
“Good luck with this very important case. GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.!”
As the nation awaits the Supreme Court’s next move, this latest statement has intensified the ongoing debate over immigration reform and constitutional rights.
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