Who would be affected?

Children born to parents legally living in the U.S. on temporary visas, including H-1B workers, international students, tourists, and other visa holders, would also be excluded from birthright citizenship.

The order has triggered significant legal opposition. Attorneys general from 22 states have filed lawsuits challenging the move. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, who was born a U.S. citizen and is the first Chinese American elected attorney general, also pushed back strongly:

“The 14th Amendment says what it means, and it means what it says – if you are born on American soil, you are an American. Period. Full stop,” he said According to VT.

“There is no legitimate legal debate on this question. But the fact that Trump is dead wrong will not prevent him from inflicting serious harm right now on American families like my own.”

Supreme Court steps in

The issue has reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which began hearing arguments on Wednesday. According to The Independent, Trump attended the hearing but left before it concluded, marking the first time a sitting president has taken part in Supreme Court proceedings of this kind.

Ahead of the hearing, Trump shared his stance on Truth Social:

“Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America. It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES!,” he wrote and continued: “We are the only Country in the World that dignifies this subject with even discussion. Look at the dates of this long ago legislation – THE EXACT END OF THE CIVIL WAR!

“The World is getting rich selling citizenships to our Country, while at the same time laughing at how STUPID our U.S. Court System has become (TARIFFS!). ‘Dumb Judges and Justices will not a great Country make!’”