Donald Trump said that the decision by the supreme court to uphold birthright citizenship is “too bad”. But he appeared undeterred in his quest to abolish the right for people born in the US to undocumented people or temporary visitors to become citizens.
“We can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation,” Trump insisted. Instead of trying to pass a consitutional amendment – which is a steep and unlikely hill for the president to climb – Trump is pushing for lawmakers to create new legislation that establish exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to parents who do not have permanent legal status in the US.
“Congress should start TODAY to work on ending expensive and unfair to our Country, Birthright Citizenship,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Any legislation would need to overcome the 60-vote filibuster, which has proven to be frequently insurmountable on extremely divisive bills during Trump’s second term.
