Sen. Rand Paul Slams Supreme Court’s Ruling Upholding Birthright Citizenship, Introduces Constitutional Amendment to End It for Children of Illegal Aliens * The Gateway Pundit * by Cassandra MacDonald

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Photo: Gage Skidmore Senator Rand Paul expressed his strong disappointment Tuesday after the Supreme Court ruled to uphold birthright citizenship and strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are illegal aliens or temporarily in the country.

Instead of sitting on his hands, the Kentucky senator said that he has already filed an amendment to fully end birthright citizenship for those in the country illegally.

In a post on X, Paul stated, “The Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship is disappointing. That’s why I’ve already filed an amendment to end birthright citizenship for those here illegally. I’ll keep fighting to protect the integrity of American citizenship.”

The ruling addressed Executive Order 14160, which President Trump signed on his first day back in office.

The order directed that beginning 30 days later, children born in the United States to mothers who were either unlawfully present or lawfully present on a temporary basis, and to fathers who were not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents at the time of the child’s birth, would not be recognized as U.S. citizens and would not receive federal documentation such as passports or Social Security numbers.

The executive order never took effect because lower courts had blocked it with nationwide injunctions, and the Supreme Court’s decision invalidated it entirely.

Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, which was joined in the core holding by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred in the judgment but dissented in part on statutory grounds.

Justices Clarence Thomas, who was joined by Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, and Gorsuch in separate writings, dissented.

The Court held that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and are therefore citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.

Senator Paul has been a longtime advocate for reforming birthright citizenship policies that reward illegal immigration and create anchor babies.

Paul previously cosponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 alongside Senator David Vitter.

In late April, Paul announced that he was introducing a constitutional amendment to clarify the meaning of the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the Fourteenth Amendment.

The proposed amendment would limit automatic citizenship at birth to cases where at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or national, a lawful permanent resident residing in the United States, or an alien with lawful immigration status who is performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Paul stated at the time, “Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the parent was here legally or not. This is wrong and not at all the intent of those who wrote the 14th Amendment. We are a country filled with immigrants, and legal immigration is valuable and should be protected.”

The senator noted that he was offering the amendment in case the Supreme Court failed to address the issue correctly, a prediction that proved accurate with Tuesday’s ruling.

The debate over birthright citizenship centers on the text of the Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868 after the Civil War.

Paul argues that the clause was primarily intended to secure citizenship for freed slaves and to overturn the Dred Scott decision, and that the “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” language was understood at the time to exclude children of foreign diplomats, invading armies, and others who did not owe full and complete allegiance to the United States.

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