Congress Should Restrict Birthright Citizenship, House Speaker Says

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said in a July 5 Fox News interview that Congress should take up a legislative effort to curtail birthright citizenship in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down an executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to redefine who is an American.

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President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass legislation in the wake of his loss at the high court, claiming that “No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!”

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Republicans and Democrats disagree about the importance of acting to curtail birth tourism, with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, previously calling it a “blatant abuse of our immigration laws” while Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, saying it was a “pretty marginal issue.”

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