Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warned that the court’s ruling in Trump v. Barbara, which upheld birthright citizenship for most people born in the United States, threatens America’s national security by extending citizenship to children born to illegal immigrants and temporary visitors, including “birth tourists.”
National Security Concerns
Alito railed against the majority’s ruling in a forceful dissent, arguing the justices misinterpreted the 14th Amendment. He wrote that only people who owe their full allegiance to the United States, and not another country, should automatically receive citizenship at birth.
Alito described a hypothetical scenario in which a foreign national gives birth in the United States before promptly returning to her home country as part of a larger plot to eventually harm the United States.
Michael Hough, co-president of NumbersUSA, sided with Alito, arguing that expanding birthright citizenship risks diluting the value of U.S. citizenship and exposing the United States to foreign adversaries.
Border czar Tom Homan echoed Alito’s concerns over national security to Fox News, calling for greater investigations into birth tourism.
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