Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX-36) has introduced a bill that would end automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents of illegal aliens.
Automatic birthright citizenship, regardless of parent’s legal status, is “one of the abused aspects of our immigration system,” Babin, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal.
Babin introduced the bill Tuesday, just one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending automatic citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country illegally.
Trump’s “executive order to end birthright citizenship marks a critical step forward, and now with the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025, we can solidify these reforms into lasting law and codify them,” Babin said Thursday at a press conference with a group of GOP lawmakers who are backing the bill.
The legality of Trump’s executive order and the Birthright Citizenship Act hinge on the interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which reads: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
Babin said he is convinced that the 14th Amendment has been wrongfully interpreted to automatically grant citizenship to anyone who is born in America. The 14th Amendment has become a “green light and an open invitation for people from all over the world to flood our system and to be able to gain and exploit this loophole,” he said.
