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Jilly_in_VA

(12,283 posts)
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 01:40 PM Saturday

From Bruce Lee to Marco Rubio: A list of celebrity birthright citizens

The Secretary of State, several former presidential candidates and martial arts icon Bruce Lee all became American citizens at birth because of birthright citizenship, which the Supreme Court has now thrown into limbo.

On the first day back in office, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies not to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to parents in the country temporarily or without legal authorization – a move several judges quickly blocked nationwide.

On June 27, the Supreme Court lifted temporary blocks preventing Trump's order from taking effect, but left it to lower courts to consider the constitutionality of Trump's executive order. Whether Trump will ultimately be able to repeal the longstanding legal precedent that grants citizenship to all children born on American soil is unclear.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/28/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-celebrities/84387876007/

The list that follows is quite interesting and includes some of his political rivals as well as some of his political ass-kissers, And let's not forget the following: DONALD TRUMP JR.., ERIC TRUMP, IVANKA TRUMP, BARRON TRUMP, and possibly also USHA VANCE

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From Bruce Lee to Marco Rubio: A list of celebrity birthright citizens (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Saturday OP
" left it to lower courts to consider the constitutionality" quaint Saturday #1
I am, too. It seems a person could be a citizen in, say, Illinois and not be a citizen in Idaho. Midnight Writer Saturday #2
Elon Musk and Melania should be deported. gab13by13 Saturday #3

Midnight Writer

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2. I am, too. It seems a person could be a citizen in, say, Illinois and not be a citizen in Idaho.
Sat Jun 28, 2025, 01:49 PM
Saturday

It would depend on rulings by the lower courts, and the lower courts may not agree.

Birthright citizenship is plainly spelled out in our Constitution. There should not be a controversy here.

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