Trump to ask US Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship ruling
President Donald Trump announced he will ask the Supreme Court to review its recent decision upholding birthright citizenship, citing a Texas hospital's billboards in Mexico advertising maternity services.
Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ask the US Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling on birthright citizenship, pointing to what he described as shocking new evidence: a hospital in Texas advertising to expectant mothers in Mexico via billboards. The high court last month rejected Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, ruling that his executive order violated the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to anyone born in the US and subject to its jurisdiction.
Writing on his social media platform, Trump claimed the justices “will destroy America if they don’t change their absolutely insane decision.” He referenced a Fox News report about two billboards placed by Mission Regional Medical Center in Mission, Texas, just five miles from the Mexican border. The hospital confirmed that the billboards and a related website, havemybabyinTEXAS.com, “are no longer in use due to any unintended misunderstanding.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an investigation into the hospital, accusing it of promoting “birth tourism.” The hospital stated it does not support or facilitate any unlawful activity and complies with all applicable laws. Although the advertisements did not mention US citizenship, the backlash from Trump supporters prompted the hospital to delete a Spanish-language Instagram post that invited women “living abroad” to give birth in South Texas.
The Supreme Court rarely grants rehearing requests, and it has not done so after issuing a ruling in an argued case in decades. Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship was issued on his first day back in office last year as part of a broader crackdown on immigration.
