'Congratulations President Xi': 7 reactions to Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, July 01, 2026

Demonstrators rally in support of birthright citizenship outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 2026. President Donald Trump attended in person as the U.S. Supreme Court heard a landmark case weighing the constitutionality of his contentious bid to end birthright citizenship, an extraordinary and possibly unprecedented move for the nation's highest office. | Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump's immigration agenda Tuesday, striking down his executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.

In Trump v. Barbara, the justices affirmed that the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees automatic citizenship to nearly every child born on American soil, regardless of their parents' immigration status. The lone exception: children born to foreign diplomats.

The ruling deals a decisive setback to one of Trump's signature immigration policies. His executive order had argued that the 14th Amendment was never meant to grant automatic citizenship to children of immigrants without legal status, an interpretation the court rejected.

The decision split reactions sharply along familiar lines. Faith-based organizations largely welcomed the ruling as a victory for constitutional principle, while Trump and members of his administration blasted it as a threat to national sovereignty.

Here are seven reactions to the Trump v. Barbara decision.