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Immigrants scramble for clarity after Supreme Court birthright ruling
Reuters ^ | June 28, 202511:17 AM CDT | Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke

Posted on 06/28/2025 10:18:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Summary

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling tied to birthright citizenship prompted confusion and phone calls to lawyers as people who could be affected tried to process a convoluted legal decision with major humanitarian implications.

The court's conservative majority on Friday granted President Donald Trump his request to curb federal judges' power but did not decide the legality of his bid to restrict birthright citizenship.

That outcome has raised more questions than answers about a right long understood to be guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution: that anyone born in the United States is considered a citizen at birth, regardless of their parents' citizenship or legal status.

Lorena, a 24-year-old Colombian asylum seeker who lives in Houston and is due to give birth in September, pored over media reports on Friday morning. She was looking for details about how her baby might be affected, but said she was left confused and worried.

"There are not many specifics," said Lorena, who like others interviewed by Reuters asked to be identified by her first name out of fear for her safety. "I don't understand it well."

She is concerned that her baby could end up with no nationality.

"I don’t know if I can give her mine," she said. "I also don't know how it would work, if I can add her to my asylum case. I don't want her to be adrift with no nationality."

Trump, a Republican, issued an order after taking office in January that directed U.S. agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the U.S. who do not have at least one parent who is...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; anchorbabies; nlz; rooters; scotus
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Trump, a Republican, issued an order after taking office in January that directed U.S. agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the U.S. who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen or lawful permanent resident. T

It's a start.

1 posted on 06/28/2025 10:18:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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Rooters. Immigrants. Say no more say no more


2 posted on 06/28/2025 10:20:58 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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They gonna start inducing labor early to make sure they get their anchor?


3 posted on 06/28/2025 10:22:05 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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“I don’t know if I can give her mine,” she said. “I also don’t know how it would work, if I can add her to my asylum case. I don’t want her to be adrift with no nationality.”


I’d go home then, if I were you...


4 posted on 06/28/2025 10:22:39 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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“I don’t know if I can give her mine,” she said. “I also don’t know how it would work


You could have your child back home in Columbia. That would solve both problems.


5 posted on 06/28/2025 10:22:41 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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By all accounts illegal immigrants are selling off possessions, not making interpersonal relationships with peers, pushing cash to their home nation and getting ready for the knock at the door. A few years from now, if there are labor shortages, it would have been best if they picked selfdeportation. Feeling that the gig is almost up, grabbing the last few dollars of the last season, figuring out how to get the spoils home, means no body is on the telephone saying America is the land of milk and honey, come brother, come cousin Ill show you the scam.


6 posted on 06/28/2025 10:24:27 AM PDT by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
adios, amigos
7 posted on 06/28/2025 10:26:02 AM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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"I also don't know how it would work, if I can add her to my asylum case. I don't want her to be adrift with no nationality."

You'll both be perfectly happy back in Columbia.

8 posted on 06/28/2025 10:27:58 AM PDT by PGR88
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This “birthright” crap needs to be changed. If you are born in the U.S. you choose ONE AND ONLY ONE CITIZENSHIP. All of my ancestors had to renounce their previous citizenship and renounce the freak running the country they were getting away or being kicked out of. There is no reason for dual citizenship IMHO.


9 posted on 06/28/2025 10:31:47 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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"Immigrants Illegal aliens scramble for clarity another corrupt leftist judge ruling after Supreme Court birthright ruling"

There. Fixed it.

10 posted on 06/28/2025 10:35:02 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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So long


11 posted on 06/28/2025 10:42:16 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

My advice: “When in doubt, get the hell out.”


12 posted on 06/28/2025 10:42:53 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Clarity? What could be clearer than GTFO?


13 posted on 06/28/2025 10:43:39 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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Not true...None of my grandparents were born here. None of them became citizens and they were listed as aliens on census records.


14 posted on 06/28/2025 10:47:14 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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No “immigrants” are affected by this ruling...

Migrant-invaders, particularly those already or intending to become pregnant, on the other hand, are directly affected...

“Immigrants” are still welcomed to this country through traditional/Constitutional channels...


15 posted on 06/28/2025 10:47:43 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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Hopefully this will stop children of H1Bs from getting citizenship too, or their relatives “visiting” from India or elsewhere who plop off a kid while in town.


16 posted on 06/28/2025 10:49:18 AM PDT by Mozzafiato
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Here’s your “clarification”.

GTFO now and take your spawn with you.

L


17 posted on 06/28/2025 10:53:12 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

That sentence sucked. What I meant is, if you are born here, you SHOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE one and only ONE citizenship.


18 posted on 06/28/2025 10:57:45 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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They’re only here for the benefits and “anchor baby” free stuff.


19 posted on 06/28/2025 11:19:16 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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This could affect the “Citizenship Vacation Industry Agents” located in every country around the world who are making a killing off of American taxpayers and give them a real boot in the kazoo.


20 posted on 06/28/2025 11:24:29 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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