President Trump just threw major shade at the Supreme Court after their ruling upholding the modern interpretation of birthright citizenship today.
In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS ruled against President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born to two non-U.S. citizen parents.
We covered the Supreme Court ruling in more detail here:
As you might imagine, President Trump is not too happy with the Supreme Court — especially the two conservative justices who ruled against him.
In a post on Truth Social, President Trump responded to the decision by sarcastically congratulating China on the massive win!
See it here:
Full text:
I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
You’ve got to love President Trump’s sense of humor.
Today’s SCOTUS ruling on birthright citizenship was, indeed, a big win for China and a huge loss for America.
For decades, China has operated “birth tourism networks” for pregnant women to travel to the U.S. to give birth for the sole purpose of securing dual citizenship for their children.
Grok provided some numbers on this:
Evidence of Networks
- There are (or were) hundreds of companies in China advertising these services, often charging $20,000–$100,000+ per client for visas, maternity hotels (“birthing houses”), medical care, and guidance on concealing intent from U.S. officials.
- Notable examples include operations in Southern California (e.g., Irvine area) raided by federal authorities, with indictments against organizers serving hundreds to thousands of mostly Chinese clients. One operation claimed to have served over 500 Chinese customers; another said it handled 8,000 women total (including 4,000 from China).
- U.S. Senate investigations and hearings have highlighted these networks, including companies coaching clients on visa fraud. Similar (smaller) operations exist for other nationalities like Russians.
The U.S. State Department has tightened visa rules (e.g., 2020 guidance) to scrutinize applicants suspected of birth tourism intent, requiring proof of medical arrangements and ability to pay.
ADVERTISEMENTScale and Statistics: There are no precise official U.S. government statistics on birth tourism, as birth records do not systematically track the mother’s travel intent, and the practice is clandestine.
Estimates vary widely and are contested:
- Conservative/restrictionist estimates (e.g., Center for Immigration Studies): ~20,000–36,000 birth tourism births per year total (across all nationalities) in the mid-to-late 2010s, based on comparing CDC birth records to Census/ACS data on foreign-born mothers who gave birth but then left the U.S. Chinese women were a significant share (older reports suggested ~10,000–20,000+ annually from China around 2012–2015).
- Proxy data: CDC data shows ~9,600 births in 2024 to foreign mothers listing a foreign address (a rough lower-bound proxy, as some use U.S. addresses). Total U.S. births are ~3.6 million annually, so this is a tiny fraction (~0.25%).
- Higher claims (often cited in 2026 debates): Media/Chinese reports of 500+ companies in China; claims of 50,000–100,000 Chinese births per year at peaks; cumulative estimates of 750,000–1.5 million Chinese-linked U.S. citizen children over ~15 years. These are frequently called unsubstantiated or exaggerated by fact-checkers and analysts.
Context: Even upper-end estimates represent a small share of total births and Chinese visitors to the U.S. (millions of Chinese tourists annually pre-COVID). The practice appears to have fluctuated with enforcement, COVID, and visa rules—declining at times but persisting via networks.
Today’s SCOTUS ruling essentially gave these Chinese birth tourism networks the green-light to continue scamming the system.
Nick Sortor commented on X:
🚨 JUST NOW: President Trump CONGRATULATES Chinese President Xi Jinping for "their MASSIVE birthright citizenship WIN!"
Chinese birth tourism is going to EXPLODE. There is NOTHING stopping them from popping out a child on US soil, raising him to hate the US in China, and then… pic.twitter.com/Rx2VQAMqIv
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 30, 2026
JUST NOW: President Trump CONGRATULATES Chinese President Xi Jinping for “their MASSIVE birthright citizenship WIN!”
Chinese birth tourism is going to EXPLODE. There is NOTHING stopping them from popping out a child on US soil, raising him to hate the US in China, and then running him for President of the United States.
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But, despite this, President Trump doesn’t seem too worried.
In an earlier Truth Social post, he made it clear that the battle over birthright citizenship is far from over.
Despite the loss in the Supreme Court, the fight will continue in Congress.
Read his post here:
The biggest and most consequential Decision issued by the Court, by far, is the Slaughter Case, which overturned the very famous Humphrey’s Executor Rule. This whole concept of “Power” has been fought over for nearly 100 years, going all the way back to Franklin Delanor Roosevelt, where a large slice of his Power was taken away. He fought to regain it, even wanting to “pack the Court,” but was unsuccessful in doing so. This Decision gives tremendous additional Power back to the Presidency, where it belongs. It is an Honor to be the sitting President who, after all these years, WON this very important, and hard fought, Case. We had other good Victories, too, and we also had the Birthright Citizenship loss, which we will work to correct in Congress, but the big SLAUGHTER, was SLAUGHTER. The Republican Party was treated very fairly by the United States Supreme Court. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
In the past, legislation has been introduced into Congress to redefine birthright citizenship.
However, this type of bill would have to clear some tough hurdles before it could be passed.
USA Today explained further:
Because a majority of justices found that birthright citizenship is constitutionally protected under the 14th Amendment, prohibiting the policy would seemingly require amending the Constitution, which would need support from two-thirds of both chambers of Congress.
Kavanaugh, in his his concurring opinion, said Congress could establish exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to people in the country illegally. However, Kavanaugh’s position did not reflect the majority opinion of the court.
It also appears unlikely Trump would have the votes in Congress to pass legislation overturning birthright citizenship. Republicans hold a thin 218-212 majority in the House and a 53-47 majority in the Senate, where Republicans would probably need 60 votes to break a potential Democratic filibuster.
ADVERTISEMENTPassing legislation to redefine who qualifies for citizenship would be an even tougher climb ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, two Trump allies, introduced legislation last year to ban birthright citizenship. The text of their bill acknowledges the right of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment but defines persons who are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States as individuals whose parents are either U.S. citizens or nationals, aliens permitted to reside in the U.S., or immigrants with lawful status to serve in the armed forces.
The bill would not affect the citizenship or nationality status of any person born before the bill’s enactment date.
“For years, I have been pushing legislation and a constitutional amendment to change the United States’ policy on birthright citizenship,” Graham said in a statement after the Supreme Court’s ruling. “While I’m disappointed in the Court’s decision regarding birthright citizenship, I am determined more than ever to put an end to this major magnet for illegal immigration and birth tourism.”
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