Trump framed birthright citizenship as a scheme and limited its purpose to slave descendants
After the injunction ruling, Trump portrayed people using birthright citizenship as scammers and said the protection was meant for babies of slaves rather than visitors, later linking it to cartels bringing people into the country. [The American Presidency Project]
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After the injunction ruling, Trump portrayed people using birthright citizenship as scammers and said the protection was meant for babies of slaves rather than visitors, later linking it to cartels bringing people into the country. [The American Presidency Project]
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This records his racial-history and immigration narrative at a separate briefing, not the law’s correct scope. The transcript itself includes a reporter noting that the Court had not decided the underlying constitutionality. No present litigation outcome is asserted. [The American Presidency Project]
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racial-or-ethnic · immigration · demeaning-language
The category concerns explicit racial-ancestry framing of citizenship and a collective scam/criminal frame for its contemporary use; neither legal correctness nor racist motive is established. [The American Presidency Project]
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- Presidential transcript · The American Presidency ProjectTrump framed birthright citizenship as a scheme and limited its purpose to slave descendants — original source text
Opening birthright-citizenship paragraphs beginning “Thanks for this decision” and “This was”; Birthright Citizenship / Immigration Enforcement Actions exchange beginning “I just might add one thing”; APP lines 26-28 and 296-298
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-united-states-supreme-court-decision-nationwide-injunctions-from-lower-federal
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