President Donald Trump’s immigration plan suffered a serious setback on Tuesday when the conservative Supreme Court ruled that his administration could not use an executive order to revoke birthright citizenship for hundreds of thousands of infants born in the United States each year.
The judgment is a big blow for a president whose administration has been characterized by an effort to crack down on both legal and illegal immigration, even though it was not predicted. The president ran for a second term in office in part on banning “birth tourism.” Nevertheless, the ruling did not fully reject Trump’s endeavor as many had anticipated.President Donald Trump’s immigration plan suffered a serious setback on Tuesday when the conservative Supreme Court ruled that his administration could not use an executive order to revoke birthright citizenship for hundreds of thousands of infants born in the United States each year. A number of conservatives defected from the majority, a split that Trump has already attempted to take advantage of.
The 6-3 ruling was perhaps the most anticipated of a Trump-dominated Supreme Court term that has seen both significant victories and a number of high-profile setbacks, such as on tariffs and Federal Reserve independence.
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