SCOTUS to reconsider Birthright Citizenship clause

Nearly all Republican AGs add firepower to Trump's birthright citizenship push

(Ashley Oliver, Fox News) — Attorneys general from 24 states filed an amicus brief on Friday in support of Trump's petitions for review on his executive order on birthright citizenship.

Trump is asking the court to allow his order, which would bar "babies born to mothers living in the country illegally or temporarily visiting" from receiving automatic citizenship, to take effect, according to Fox News.

The 24 states, led by Iowa’s Brenna Bird and Tennessee’s Jonathan Skrmetti, argued in an amicus brief that the 14th Amendment, which addresses birthright citizenship, was not designed to give automatic citizenship to babies born to mothers living in the country illegally or temporarily visiting.

The state attorneys wrote that they have a unique interest in seeing birthright citizenship limited because it incentivizes illegal immigration, which they said has negatively affected their states.

"Recent years have seen an influx of illegal aliens — over 9 million — overwhelming our nation’s infrastructure and its capacity to assimilate," they wrote, adding that their states therefore face "significant economic, health, and public-safety issues from policies holding out a ‘powerful incentive for illegal migration,’ … beyond what the Citizenship Clause requires."

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