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  • Trump: Birthright Citizenship Was Meant for Children of Former Slaves, Not Foreign Nationals

    U.S. President Donald Trump has defended his campaign to end birthright citizenship, arguing that the constitutional provision was originally intended to protect the children of formerly enslaved people and not those born to wealthy foreign nationals or undocumented immigrants.

    Trump made the remarks while speaking at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, reacting to the recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court on birthright citizenship.

    Trump disagrees with Supreme Court

    The U.S. president maintained that the Supreme Court had wrongly interpreted the law and insisted his administration would continue pursuing changes to the policy.

    “We’ll take care of the birthright citizenship because that was not meant for rich people from other countries. It was meant for the babies of slaves. I know they got it wrong,” Trump said.

    He argued that the citizenship guarantee contained in the Fourteenth Amendment, adopted after the American Civil War, was designed to protect the children of formerly enslaved people rather than children born to foreign visitors or undocumented immigrants.

    Although he acknowledged the court’s decision, Trump said his administration was not backing away from the issue.

    “We’ll work it out some way,” he added.

    JD Vance backs Trump’s position

    U.S. Vice President JD Vance also criticised the ruling, saying he believed the Supreme Court had reached the wrong conclusion.

    According to Vance, those who drafted the Fourteenth Amendment did not intend for automatic U.S. citizenship to apply to children born to undocumented immigrants or tourists.

    The comments come as birthright citizenship remains one of the most contentious issues in U.S. immigration policy, with legal experts and political leaders divided over the interpretation of the Constitution.