Supreme Court Fails Americans on Immigration Ruling
- Idaho Freedom Caucus
- Jul 1
- 2 min read
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s Executive Order ending birthright citizenship for children born to individuals who are in the United States illegally.
The Court’s ruling effectively allows individuals from anywhere in the world, whether they enter the United States legally or illegally, peacefully or with hostile intent, to have a child who is automatically granted U.S. citizenship.
The majority of the Supreme court concluded that President Trump’s Executive Order conflicted with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, the Equal Protection Clause.
Justice Thomas, one of the dissenting justices, argued that the 14th Amendment was adopted to guarantee equal protection and citizenship rights to newly freed slaves following the Civil War. He contended that granting automatic citizenship to the children of those who are unlawfully present in the country was never contemplated by those who drafted and ratified the amendment.
In his 91-page dissent (starting on page 62 of the above document), Justice Thomas wrote that the Court has repeatedly
“repurpos[ed]” the Constitution “to protect its own set of preferred rights that the Reconstruction Congress never contemplated and that cannot find support in its text.”
He continued:
“Today, the Court does so again by recognizing a constitutional right to citizenship for the children of all foreign birth tourists and illegal aliens.”
Justice Alito condemned the decision with a direct rebuke:
“This is one of the most important decisions in the history of the Court, and in my judgment, the Court has made a serious mistake.”
From our perspective, the court interpreted the Constitution in a way that extends beyond its original meaning and intent, twisting it to say what they wanted it to say.
This decision makes it even more important that states do everything within their constitutional authority to discourage illegal immigration, enforce existing laws, remove illegal immigrants from our state and country and prevent unlawful entry in the first place.
On a positive note, two other Supreme Court Cases on Immigration were also decided earlier in the week:
Asylum Restrictions (Mullin v. Al Otro Lado) The Court sided with the Trump administration, that border officials can legally reject asylum seekers who present themselves while standing on foreign soil. The justices found that non-citizens must physically cross the border into the United States to gain the legal right to apply for asylum. This ruling allows the government to utilize “metering” policies to limit daily asylum intake at official ports of entry.
Temporary Protected Status-TPS (Mullin v. Doe) In another win for the administration’s deportation agenda, the Court ruled that the federal government has full discretion over TPS designations, allowing officials to end deportation protections and work permits for roughly 350,000 Haitians and 4,000 Syrians. The 6-3 majority determined that the TPS statute explicitly bars federal courts from reviewing the administration’s non-constitutional decisions to end these humanitarian programs.
This year, the Idaho Freedom Caucus took a strong stand against illegal immigration by authoring and sponsoring a series of bills designed to push back against policies we believe encourage unlawful entry into our country.
Watch the Press Conference HERE
The Idaho Freedom Caucus remains committed to advancing policies that uphold the rule of law, secure our borders, and protect the interests of Idaho citizens.
The Idaho Freedom Caucus
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