Trump on birthright citizenship ruling

    by HOMERED: Donald Trump

    President Trump just made a pointed statement following the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship ruling. He said, “I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP.” The remark is widely seen as a sharp critique of the court's decision. Many are now calling on Congress to take action and address the issue legislatively.

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    And I'm going. You're going to go to the Supreme Court tomorrow? I think so. I do believe. And just sit there and listen. Because I have listened to this argument for so long, and this is not about Chinese billionaires or billionaires from other countries who all of a sudden have 75 children, or 59 children in one case, or 10 children, becoming American citizens. This was about slaves. And if you take a look, slaves, we're talking about slaves from the Civil War. And if you take a look at when it was filed, all of this legislation, all of this everything having to do with birthright citizenship, it was at the end of the Civil War. The reason was it had to do with the babies of slaves and the protection of the babies of slaves. It didn't have to do with the protection of multimillionaires and billionaires wanting to have their children get an American citizenship. It is the craziest thing I've ever seen. It's been so badly handled by legal people over the years.