Trump signals Supreme Court visit for birthright citizenship case

STORY: :: Washington, D.C. / March 31, 2026 :: Trump says he will likely go to the Supreme Court hearing over the legality of his directive ​to restrict birthright citizenship REPORTER: “The Supreme Court tomorrow is going to hear arguments about your executive order trying to get rid of birthright citizenship.” TRUMP: “And I’m going” REPORTER: “You’re going to go the Supreme Court tomorrow?” TRUMP: “I think so, I do believe, because I have listened to this argument for so long. And this is not about Chinese billionaires or billionaires from other countries who all of a sudden have 75 children or 59 children in one case, or ten children becoming American citizens. This was about slaves.” :: Trump’s executive ​order told ​U.S. agencies ⁠not to recognize the citizenship of children born to non-citizen parents “If you look at the original birthright citizenship papers, they all happened right after the Civil War. The reason was it had to do with the babies of slaves. And hopefully it’s going to say because our country is being scammed, we’re getting all of these people. They’re selling the rights to them. People are making a living, a big living, getting hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars from bringing people in.” The Republican president’s directive, issued in January 2025 on his first day back in office as part of a sweeping crackdown on immigration, ​carried through on threats Trump had made for years ​to try to restrict birthright citizenship. A lower court blocked Trump’s executive ​order that told ​U.S. agencies ⁠not to recognize the citizenship of children born in the U.S. if neither parent is an ​American citizen or legal permanent resident, also ​called a “green ⁠card” holder. That court ruled that Trump’s policy violated the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment and a federal law codifying birthright citizenship ⁠rights in ​a class-action lawsuit by parents and ​children whose citizenship is threatened by the directive.