The Memo: MAGA winces as Supreme Court quashes anti-birthright citizenship push
Key takeaways
- President Trump has succeeded in reducing unauthorized migration at the southwestern border from a flood to a trickle.
- In the polling averages maintained by RealClearPolitics, a majority of the public now disapproves of Trump s actions on immigration, 51 percent to 45 percent.
- Of course, there are other arrows in Trump s quiver regarding immigration and some of them have fared better before the courts.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
The ruling, underscoring the concept known as birthright citizenship, was a major defeat for a president who has sought not only to curb numbers on illegal immigration but to fundamentally reshape the political landscape on the issue.
That effort has encompassed everything from the build the wall chants that marked his first campaign for the presidency to the hyper-controversial raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that have been seen in his second term.
President Trump has succeeded in reducing unauthorized migration at the southwestern border from a flood to a trickle. But ICE s actions in the nation s interior have proved far more controversial.