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Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court (theconversation.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the case on May 15, 2025.

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[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How often does this happen though and is it really an issue in the overall scheme of things... Even if it happens 10 thousand times a years (which is probably a way high estimate) so? That nothing.

These aren't gang members and drug dealers doing this, its mother desperate for a better life. How will probab;y work their asses off and be good people.

There's always going to be loopholes and people side steping laws. The question is, is this really a hill worth dying on? And causing a MANY other bigger issues to try and fix?

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -3 points 10 months ago

It’s actually estimated at about 250k a year:

https://pop.psu.edu/news/ending-automatic-birthright-citizenship-would-significantly-increase-size-us-unauthorized

Each year, an average of about 255,000 babies born on U.S. soil would start life without U.S. citizenship based on their parents’ legal status, the research shows.