The US has had birthright citizenship since the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.

On Thursday, Trump said in a press conference that “it would be a disgrace” if the Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship. “Twenty to 25 percent of the people coming into our country will come in through birthright citizenship; they’ll become citizens through birthright citizenship,” he said, grossly exaggerating the amount of children born in the U.S. to undocumented people or…

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