Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) mentioned he believes there’s a “good chance” that the Supreme Courtroom sides with President Trump on the difficulty of birthright citizenship.
Graham joined NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the place host Kristen Welker requested him about Trump’s government order on citizenship, which a federal choose briefly blocked.
“I think there’s a good chance,” Graham mentioned of the Supreme Courtroom taking over the case. “I introduced legislation to end birthright citizenship years ago.”
Trump’s try to finish birthright citizenship has divided Republicans, highlighting their inner variations on the immigration-related subject.
Some conservatives who imagine the citizenship pathway has been abused are siding with Trump, whereas some moderates are involved about altering the constitutional proper that has existed for greater than 150 years.
U.S. District Courtroom Choose John Coughenour, a Reagan appointee, agreed to a request that blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship government order from taking impact for 14 days.
He referred to as it a “blatantly unconstitutional” order that he had but to see in his profession.
Graham, a supporter of Trump’s immigration plan, argued that birthright citizenship is a fallacious approach for folks to obtain U.S. standing.
“I think it’s a cheap way to award citizenship,” he mentioned. “You should not be a citizen simple because you were born here.”
