Birthright Citizenship

Moreno revives Harry Reid's 1993 immigration bill to force Democrats' hand on birthright citizenship

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, plans to circulate legislation that mirrors, nearly word for word, a 1993 bill introduced by the late Sen. Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who went on to become Senate Majority Leader and one of the most powerful figures in his party.

The move is designed to put today's Democrats in an uncomfortable position: vote against a bill authored by their own icon, or concede ground on birthright citizenship, legal immigration caps, and faster deportations.

Fox News Digital first obtained the forthcoming bill, which Moreno described as "a mirror image of Reid's initial offering from 1993." The package is sweeping. It would restrict birthright citizenship, cut legal immigration substantially, cap refugee admissions at 50,000 per year, and speed up deportations with limited court review.

The timing is no accident. The Supreme Court recently ruled on birthright citizenship, interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment's "subject to the jurisdiction of" clause in a way that effectively grants automatic citizenship to all children born on U.S. soil.

Moreno's bill responds directly to that ruling, and uses Reid's own three-decade-old language to do it.

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