Olga Urbina and her nine-month-old son Ares Webster participate in a protest outside the US supreme court over US president Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship. Throughout his first term, Trump habitually made noises about reversing the US birthright citizenship right defined within the 14th amendment to the constitution. In other words, children born to undocumented immigrants would not benefit from the right to birthright citizenship. “This administration believes that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional and that is why president Trump signed this executive order. The 14th amendment was passed by the US Senate in 1866 to deal with the notorious Dred Scott decision (1857), effectively ruling that no black person could be a citizen of the United States.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2026 06:34 UTC