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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,300 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 01:14 PM Wednesday

Study: Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Backfire, With Asian Immigrants Hit Hardest

https://studyfinds.com/birthright-citizenship-ban-would-backfire/

In A Nutshell

Ending birthright citizenship would expand the unauthorized population by up to 6.4 million U.S.-born children by 2050, the opposite of its stated goal.

Latino immigrants would bear the largest raw impact, accounting for nearly 80% of unauthorized births in the short term.

Asian immigrants face the steepest relative impact, projected at 41 unauthorized births per 1,000 unauthorized residents, more than double the rate for Latinos.

The order targets children of temporary visa holders like H-1B workers and students, not just undocumented immigrants, which drives the disproportionate impact on Asian communities.


Latinos, who make up the largest share of today’s unauthorized population, would account for roughly 78% of unauthorized births in the short term and more than 90% of unauthorized U.S.-born residents by 2050. Higher birth rates and lower rates of return migration mean their U.S.-born children are more likely to stay. By midcentury, the unauthorized Latino population is projected to be 29% larger than it would be under current law.

Trump framed the order partly around so-called “birth tourism,” in which foreign nationals travel to the U.S. specifically to give birth. Fewer than 9,000 foreign pregnant visitors make that trip each year, representing about 1% of all births to foreign-born parents. The populations who would actually absorb the weight of this policy are vastly larger and far more embedded in American life.
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Study: Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Backfire, With Asian Immigrants Hit Hardest (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday OP
But "8 billion people" are on their way here leftstreet Wednesday #1
What the dude said was actually true AZJonnie Wednesday #4
Nevermind that Trump was purposefully renting his properties to Russian "birth tourists" himself AZJonnie Wednesday #2
Russian babies American citizens Norrrm Wednesday #5
It's all because evil leftists are making men have babies!! Coventina Wednesday #3

leftstreet

(40,767 posts)
1. But "8 billion people" are on their way here
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 01:19 PM
Wednesday
SAUER: We're in a new world where 8 billion people are one plane ride away from having a child who's a US citizen.


Still trying to wrap my brain around the lunacy of Trump's lawyer actually stating this to SCOTUS.

Well, we'll need more pilots and planes for sure

AZJonnie

(3,713 posts)
4. What the dude said was actually true
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 01:24 PM
Wednesday

To be clear, not saying I agree with the general argument by any stretch, but it was technically factual.

He didn't say they were on their way here

AZJonnie

(3,713 posts)
2. Nevermind that Trump was purposefully renting his properties to Russian "birth tourists" himself
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 01:21 PM
Wednesday

It's always projection with this mother******.

Norrrm

(5,101 posts)
5. Russian babies American citizens
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 02:57 PM
Wednesday

Russian babies American citizens

Now that republicans love Mother Russia, anchor babies are welcome.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/russians-traveling-trumps-american-properties-give-birth-get-dual-citizenship-babies/ ........... (2017)

Russians Are Traveling To Trump’s American Properties To Give Birth And Get Dual Citizenship For Their Babies

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