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Supporters of birthright citizenship are historically and legally wrong.

If far-left activist @jjouvenal bothered to read DOJ’s brief instead of cry “racism” he’d see that DOJ cited many opponents of birthright citizenship for children of temporarily present aliens, including:… pic.twitter.com/1QUrPpV71o

— DOJ Rapid Response (@DOJRR47) March 30, 2026

Supporters of birthright citizenship are historically and legally wrong.

If far-left activist
@jjouvenal
bothered to read DOJ’s brief instead of cry “racism” he’d see that DOJ cited many opponents of birthright citizenship for children of temporarily present aliens, including:

- Senator Lyman Trumbull and Representative John Bingham (leading proponents of the Fourteenth Amendment)

- Representative Philemon Bliss (a critic of Dred Scott v. Sandford)

- Justice Samuel F. Miller (an appointee of President Lincoln)

- George Bancroft (who delivered President Lincoln’s funeral oration)

- Henry Campbell Black (a respected legal commentator)