FOR INSIDERS | GOP lawmakers eye legislation challenging birthright citizenship ruling
Key takeaways
- Republican lawmakers are game planning legislative ways to try to challenge the Supreme Court s ruling this week that upheld birthright citizenship as a constitutional right.
- They are eyeing using Congress s power of the purse to deny funding to agencies or jurisdictions who recognize such individuals as citizens.
- The plans signal a shift to a long-term strategy for immigration restrictionists.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
Republican lawmakers are game planning legislative ways to try to challenge the Supreme Court s ruling this week that upheld birthright citizenship as a constitutional right.
Several GOP members have filed or are planning legislation to try to clamp down on birthright citizenship, such as by targeting birth tourism or defining which individuals are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as written in the 14th Amendment.
They are eyeing using Congress s power of the purse to deny funding to agencies or jurisdictions who recognize such individuals as citizens. And the ruling is fueling demands among hard-line conservatives to codify more of President Trump s border policies to restrict migration.