Trump Seeks Congress Action on Birthright Citizenship After Supreme Court Setback

The US Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, dealing a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to restrict it. President Trump now plans to pursue congressional legislation to limit the constitutional right. Republican lawmakers have proposed a bill that would require at least one parent to be a US citizen or lawful permanent resident for a child to receive citizenship at birth. The administration had cited birth tourism as justification for the crackdown, but government lawyers conceded before the Supreme Court that the scale of the practice is unknown. Available data indicates birth tourism accounts for less than 1% of annual births in the United States.