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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Trump loses on birthright citizenship after Supreme Court strikes down sweeping attempt to rewrite Constitution

The Supreme Court has struck down Donald Trump’s attempt to block automatic birthright citizenship to newborns in the U.S., dealing a massive blow to the president’s anti-immigration efforts and his spurious attempt to rewrite the Constitution.

The 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”

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