As much as the left attempts to portray the U.S. Supreme Court as a subservient wing to the White House, so-called conservative justices continue to side with liberals in decisions that threaten many of President Donald Trump’s key priorities.
But supporters in the third branch of the federal government could still come to the president’s assistance by codifying his decree on the matter into law.
One Senate Republican is already pursuing such a remedy, as The Hill reported:
Indiana Republican Sen. Jim Banks on Monday introduced a bill that would codify President Trump’s Day 1 executive order reshaping the definition of birthright citizenship in the U.S.
ADVERTISEMENTThe Citizenship Act of 2026 requires that any person who enters the U.S. “without authorization or for the purpose of engaging in birth tourism is considered an invader.”
Banks’s office said in a statement that the bill would find that “illegal immigration and birth tourism constitute an ongoing invasion and amends federal law to confirm that children born to illegal aliens and birth tourists are not entitled to automatic citizenship.”
“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 the statement. “I’m leading the Citizenship Act to reverse the effects of this consequential ruling and ensure the millions of illegal aliens that invaded our country can’t continue to exploit our immigration system.”
The news sparked some social media interest:
They invaded the country and then they dropped anchor.
— Alicia Prettyman (@Treetop0110) July 14, 2026
Do it. pic.twitter.com/kBEAR39ynZ
— The Breeze (@breeze_the44548) July 14, 2026
Might not pass, but we have to try.
— Kids Paint (@Tniap_Sdik) July 14, 2026
Fox News added these details:
Trump recently urged Senate Republicans to move faster on his legislative agenda, including ending birthright citizenship, telling them they were “not fighting hard enough,” Banks, R-Ind., recalled in a June 30 interview with Human Events.
ADVERTISEMENTBanks told Fox News Digital he plans to introduce the Citizenship Act as soon as the Senate opens for business Monday afternoon – crafting it with a nod to Trump-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s concurrence in last month’s Trump v. Barbara case.
Kavanaugh, concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part, said Trump’s order conflicted with federal birthright citizenship law but suggested Congress could amend that statute to create new exceptions.
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