President Trump fumed over the Supreme Court ruling that rebuffed his Executive Orders during the first days of his second term regarding birthright citizenship.
In part, the Trump administration argues that the policy of birthright citizenship has long been abused by bad actors. So much so that there is ample evidence of birth tourism scams where foreigners travel to the U.S. for the sole purpose of access and the many benefits provided by hard-working taxpayers.
33,000 children are born in the U.S. every year to birth tourists, some of whom paid thousands of dollars and were coached on how to lie to immigration officers.
American citizenship is not a product for sale.
I’m introducing the Ban Birth Tourism Act of 2026 with…
— Congressman Rich McCormick, MBA MD (@RepMcCormick) July 23, 2026
Of course, that’s just one of the ways America’s immigration system is fleeced and abused, as we’ve seen with foreign nationals pouring over the southern border depending on who the president is at the time.
On Wednesday, President Trump blasted SCOTUS’s decisions from February and June that deemed his “Liberation Day” tariffs illegal and refused to amend the U.S. 14th Amendment protecting citizenship for those “born or naturalized” in the United States.
“Does anybody have any idea how much Money and Prestige the United States Supreme Court has cost our Nation with their negative Rulings on Birthright Citizenship and TARIFFS? The answer, TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS!” – President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/qZ9gszWYTh
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 29, 2026
President Trump’s message for the Supreme Court found plenty of support on X:
Not simply dollars, our country. A single male anchor returned to their real country can create hundreds of additional thousands of during their lifetime that can in turn create mor American citizens without ever setting foot in the USA.
Look through the official data and you…
— AKA DeeK (@deek_aka) July 30, 2026
The Supreme Court cost this country hundreds of billions on tariffs alone and still hasn’t fixed birthright citizenship after 150 years of the wrong precedent. Trump’s not wrong to be furious about it – we all should be.
— Jewels Jones ® (@JewelsJonesLive) July 29, 2026
We are not a serious country if our citizenship is treated so trivially,
The long term national security implications are utterly staggering.— ♱ Vicar Øf Christ ♱Fire-Breathing♱Dragon-Master♱ (@Vicar0fChrist) July 29, 2026
The timing of Trump’s Truth Social post is a bit curious, however, since according to at least one reporter, the Trump administration (may have) missed the deadline to appeal:
SOUND OF SILENCE: WH and Justice Department mum on Trump’s promise to demand #SCOTUS rehear the birthright citizenship case. Deadline expired Monday. Is the petition in the mail? https://t.co/vFiviDRMOV
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) July 29, 2026
