Attorney General Gentner Drummond has expressed support for President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and birth tourists. The Supreme Court allowed the order to take effect in June, following earlier district court efforts to block it, according to Oklahoma Attorney General's Office release.
District courts have since renewed their challenges, prompting Trump to ask the Supreme Court for a final ruling on the order’s constitutionality. Drummond, along with 23 other state attorneys general, is urging the Court to clarify the Fourteenth Amendment’s intent, arguing that its framers did not intend to grant citizenship to children born to individuals in the country illegally or temporarily.
In their legal brief, the coalition referenced past Supreme Court rulings, including Kaplan v. Tod, which stated that physical presence in the United States does not necessarily confer citizenship rights. Attorneys general from states such as Tennessee, Iowa, and Texas joined in support of the brief.
The Supreme Court’s decision in this case is expected to have significant implications for the interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment and future immigration policy in the United States.
