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

submitted 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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.