President Donald Trump on Tuesday called on Congress to limit birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court issued a ruling rejecting his push to overhaul the policy.
Trump’s position puts him at odds with several leading lawmakers in the Republican Party, who called for a constitutional amendment to limit birthright citizenship after the justices handed down the 6-3 ruling. The president said that the “long and unwieldy” constitutional amendment strategy was “unnecessary,” and urged Congress to take up the matter otherwise.
CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS SPLIT OVER SUPREME COURT’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP RULING
“The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,” he said in a post to Truth Social. “Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship. They will have my Complete and Total Support!”
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