Trump Weighs In on Supreme Court Case Involving Birthright Citizenship

The president has argued that birthright citizenship was meant to grant citizenship to the children of enslaved people after the Civil War.

The Supreme Court building in Washington on Jan. 26, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on Thursday morning weighed in on the U.S. Supreme Court hearing arguments in a case involving his order to limit birthright citizenship, arguing that the current law is being exploited.

Earlier this year, Trump issued an executive order to limit birthright citizenship, which was halted by several federal judges. The case is now in the hands of the Supreme Court after the administration submitted an emergency appeal to the highest court.