TCT-FC-CITIZENSHIP-LAW · Immigration
Congress can end the protected form of birthright citizenship by ordinary legislation
Claim summary
Congress can end the protected form of birthright citizenship by ordinary legislation
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2026-06-30; occurrence documented in the linked FactCheck.org report.
What the evidence shows
The Supreme Court ruling described in the source rested on the Fourteenth Amendment. Ordinary legislation cannot override that constitutional protection; the experts interviewed identified amendment as the route to changing it.
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