Silence so far from President Trump after court defeatpublished at 15:56 BST
Bernd Debusmann Jr
White House reporter
We’ve yet to President Trump, who is likely to be furious at being handed a defeat by the Supreme Court.
Trump has, for years, made ending birthright citizenship a corner of his immigration policies. As far back at 2015, Trump – then still a candidate – called for an end to the practice, describing it as “the biggest magnet for illegal immigration”.
His executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship was signed within hours of his return to the White House last year, and the topic is one he has brought up frequently in both public remarks and on Truth Social.
Just a few weeks ago, for example, he posted that the US “cannot live with the shackles” of birthright citizenship.
“It is not economically, or otherwise, sustainable and no other country in the world, of consequence, does it,” he added.
The US president has reacted angrily in past instances in which the Supreme Court thwarted his policy objectives, such as tariffs. We are likely to hear more of that today.
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