As the Supreme Court prepares to issue a ruling in the high-stakes birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, Texans for Strong Borders hopes to see a decisive victory slam the door on one of the most exploited loopholes in our broken immigration system. In addition to the illegals who give birth on US soil, this loophole also resulted in an industry known as “Birth Tourism”. Birth Tourism has been banned in theory, but bad actors are still enabling this practice. 

President Trump’s Day One executive order aimed to restore the original meaning of the 14th Amendment by ending automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens or temporary visa holders. This was a direct strike against the “anchor baby” incentive that encourages illegal immigration and burdens American taxpayers, workers, and communities.

Birth tourism makes the abuse even more glaring. Wealthy foreigners, particularly from China, treat U.S. citizenship as a paid service—arranging trips specifically so their children gain American passports, benefits, and future chain migration rights without any real tie to our country. Some schemes have gone as far as arranging births on vessels cruising within U.S. territorial waters along the coastline, granting citizenship without the mother ever setting foot on American soil.

What Republicans Are Saying:

  • President Trump wrote on Truth Social, “We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow “Birthright” Citizenship!”
  • Senator Mike Lee has stated the case will be “close”
  • Moderate Republicans like Nikki Haley and Tim Scott have criticized Birthright Citizenship.

The stakes couldn’t be higher.

A total victory would be the Supreme Court affirming Trump’s executive order outright—shutting down the loophole and sending a clear message that the 14th Amendment was never meant to grant citizenship to the offspring of those who entered illegally or on temporary status. Even if the ruling falls short of fully upholding the order, it wouldn’t be catastrophic as long as it leaves the door open for Congress to pass a bill on the matter.

The real doomsday scenario is if the justices enshrine birthright citizenship as an unassailable constitutional right, overriding the executive order and making meaningful reform nearly impossible without a constitutional amendment. That would create a permanent magnet for illegal immigration and chain migration, which the cartels would exploit, turning a policy debate into a locked-in feature of our republic that no future president or Congress could easily touch.

Trump took bold action on Day One. Now it’s up to the Court to back it, or let Congress finish the job.

At Texans for Strong Borders, this fight is about protecting Texas jobs, schools, hospitals, and neighborhoods from the chaos of unchecked illegal immigration. A strong ruling here would be a game-changer, restoring the 14th Amendment to its true intent and removing one of the biggest drivers of the Immigration Crisis.

This case ties directly to one of our top priorities: End Birthright Citizenship Abuse. We’re committed to using every available tool to restore the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to its original meaning, and ending automatic citizenship for the children of illegal aliens, tourists, and visa holders. The American people didn’t vote for open borders.

The future of our country is at stake, and we need you in this fight. Please consider making a donation to support TSB in the fight against illegal immigration and legal immigration abuse.