Public Interest Firm, Other Amici Support Trump’s View Of Birthright Citizenship

( February 3, 2026, 11:08 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Kirkwood Institute Inc. and two legal scholars in a Feb. 2 amicus curiae brief are the latest to support in the class case before the U.S. Supreme Court the view of birthright citizenship held by President Donald J. Trump and federal agencies on whether a January 2025 executive order (EO) that declared that children born in the United States are not citizens when their mother is “unlawfully present in the United States” or their mother’s presence is “temporary” and their father is not a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident complies with the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)....