by Amy Goodman | Jul 24, 2026 | Austerity, birth tourism, Birthright Citizenship, Discrimination, immigration, Interview, PROMESA, Puerto Rico, Supreme Court, US Territories
After failing to overturn birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Republican legislators are turning to new tactics to disenfranchise people born on U.S. soil. Their latest targets are those born to noncitizen or permanent resident parents in U.S. territories like Puerto Rico, where the Supreme Court has said citizenship is granted by statute and full constitutional protections do not apply.
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by Truthout | Feb 24, 2026 | 14th Amendment, birth tourism, Birthright Citizenship, Donald Trump, immigration, News, Supreme Court
In a Truth Social post on Monday, President Donald Trump demeaned the Supreme Court over the yet-to-be-argued case regarding the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause, while also blasting the court over its ruling that his global tariffs were unlawful. Trump predicted that, if the high court had found his tariffs unconstitutional, they would likely find his executive order seeking to…
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