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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Jim Manzon

Trump's Supreme Court Appearance Backfires as Asian Immigrants Face Greatest Threat from Birthright Citizenship End

Demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court as justices hear arguments on Trump's birthright citizenship order, which could mainly impact Asian families and increase stateless births. (Credit: YouTube Screenshot / Hook Global)

Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to attend Supreme Court oral arguments on Wednesday, but the appearance backfired as justices across the ideological divide expressed deep scepticism of his push to end birthright citizenship.

A Penn State University study published March 31 found that while Latinos face the largest total impact, the policy would most sharply increase birth rates without citizenship among Asian families. Unlike the undocumented Latino population most assume is the target, this change would disproportionately hit legal Asian immigrants on temporary visas.

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