JD Vance calls SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling a 'major mistake'
Vice President JD Vance assesses the Supreme Court’s ruling on birthright citizenship, the rise of socialist candidates within the Democratic Party and more on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
Vice President JD Vance condemned the Supreme Court’s "atrocious" birthright citizenship ruling, warning it could encourage more people to exploit the nation’s immigration system during an interview with "The Ingraham Angle" on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship, finding that the Constitution guarantees automatic American citizenship for most people born in the United States.
"This is a very disappointing ruling from the Supreme Court," Vance said. "Of course, we respect it, but we also think that it was a major, major mistake."
"One of the things that might invite is people to come here quite literally on a vacation, give birth and then all of a sudden, the child and their family have the full benefits of American citizenship. It's just a preposterous ruling."
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A new U.S. citizen holds the U.S. flag and the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at George Washington's Mount Vernon in Mount Vernon, Va., on Friday, July 4, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s Executive Order 14160, holding that it conflicted with the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.
The ruling means most children born in the United States will continue to receive citizenship regardless of their parents’ immigration status, an idea the Trump administration opposes.
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Vance identified a "silver lining" in the ruling, arguing the court’s narrow opinion suggests that birthright citizenship is on thin ice.
"A lot of legal experts expected this case to go the wrong direction by 7–2, or even 8–1," Vance said.
He added that the outcome of the case "effectively means that the concept of birthright citizenship, which is an absurdity to the 14th Amendment — that concept is hanging by a thread."
Vice President JD Vance spoke during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 18, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Vance voiced his dissent toward birthright citizenship, which has been a constitutional right in the United States for more than 150 years, claiming it rewards illegal immigrants.
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"I hate to call it birthright citizenship," the vice president told Fox News. "It's fundamentally a loophole that now exists in our immigration system that rewards illegal aliens just because they have a baby in the United States while they're in our country illegally."
The vice president said the administration is considering "a number" of strategies to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision.
Among them are potential restrictions involving U.S. territories such as the Northern Mariana Islands, which are located in the western Pacific near Asia.
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - OCTOBER 19, 2018: The village of Songsong on Rota Island, one of the Northern Mariana Islands, in the Pacific Ocean. Yuri Smityuk/TASS (Photo by Yuri SmityukTASS via Getty Images)
Senior administration officials have raised concerns over China sending women to the islands solely to give birth and secure U.S. citizenship for their children in a so-called "birth tourism" scheme.
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"We actually have an opportunity to reverse this decision, just as we reverse so many bad decisions throughout the generations," the vice president said.
"We've got to fix the immigration system even more," he continued. "We have to be even more aware of who's coming into our country to make sure that they're not benefiting from this atrocious Supreme Court ruling."
