GOP senator revives Trump's birthright citizenship fight

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

July 14, 2026, 7:57 p.m. ET


The fight over birthright citizenship is back in Congress.

Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship, Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced legislation that would deny automatic citizenship to some children born in the United States. The proposal seeks to revive one of Trump's most contentious immigration policies through federal law.

The Citizenship Act of 2026 would classify individuals who enter the United States without authorization or for "birth tourism" as part of an ongoing invasion and would seek to limit birthright citizenship for their children, according to a July 13 news release from Banks' office.

"The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision was an unprecedented assault on American sovereignty, and we must do whatever it takes to save our country," Banks said in a statement. The Indiana Republican said the legislation would amend federal law to state that children born to people who entered the country unlawfully or for birth tourism would not automatically receive U.S. citizenship.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/14/birthright-citizenship-fight-congress/90922168007/

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Link to Citizenship Act of 2026 (PDF) - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pkxmwp4h2v8nhf2qmt9eg/Citizenship-Act-of-2026-FINAL.pdf?rlkey=7otht15l1ji51rnstgeg4zzmw&st=pquor7va&e=1&dl=0

[Lovie777]

1. Please stop this bullshit...................

I know many republicans truly feel they are the only people entitled wherein 99.9% of their heritage involved birthright citizenship's, but hey, remembering, history and facts which is also known to RWers' is WOKE......................

but alas for some reason does not pertain to them.

[struggle4progress]

2. The Indiana Klan must be hoping for a comeback

[Ray Bruns]

4. FIFY

"The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision was a correct decision based on the actual language of the fourteenth amendment and we must do whatever it takes to save our country from the fascist and racist republicans.”

[sanatanadharma]

5. If legislation can modify a Constitutional clause, then the 2nd amendment is also modifiable

If legislation can modify a Constitutional clause, then the 2nd amendment is also modifiable.

Go GOP!

[Dave Bowman]

6. Sen. Jim is a racist cretin and a butt-kisser.

[KS Toronado]

7. We need to start convincing people the only way to save our Democracy

is to vote a straight blue ticket in the midterms. Rs allowed dumpie to impose his tariffs that they knew
would come out of our pockets. They allowed him to invade other countries and start wars. And the list
of his stupid mistakes goes on and is long, and they NEVER tried to stop him from doing stupid shit.
"Want to pay less in taxes? Vote only for Democrats"

[DemocracyForever]

8. A blatant 14th amendment violation

that won't withstand a court challenge.