WSJ editorial board says US World Cup team shows how immigration 'can be a win
Key takeaways
- The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on President Trump s birthright citizenship order.
- Star striker Folarin Balogun, who scored two goals in the opening game victory over Paraguay, was born in Brooklyn in 2001 to a Nigerian mother visiting New York from London.
- Trump s birthright citizenship order, he wouldn t have automatically received U.S. citizenship since his mom was a temporary visitor.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on President Trump s birthright citizenship order. Win — or more likely — lose, he might take note that the success of the U.S. men s national soccer team in this year s World Cup is the product in part of America s historically welcoming immigration system and automatic grant of birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. the board wrote in an editorial published Monday.
A quarter of Team USA players were born outside of the U.S., the Journal noted, calling out Gio Reyna, Antonee Robinson and Sebastian Berhalter from England, Sergi o Dest from the Netherlands, Malik Tillman from Germany and Alejandro Zendejas from Mexico by name.
Star striker Folarin Balogun, who scored two goals in the opening game victory over Paraguay, was born in Brooklyn in 2001 to a Nigerian mother visiting New York from London. Two months later she returned with him to the U.K. where he grew up, the newspaper continued.