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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Clarence Thomas claims Supreme Court birthright decision ‘devalues’ US citizenship for other Americans

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas claims the landmark ruling affirming citizenship for all children born on U.S. soil “devalues” American citizenship.

In a separate dissent from the majority opinion, Justice Samuel Alito suggested that the majority’s opinion will “degrade” the concept of American citizenship by making the children of “birth tourists” citizens.

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