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Sotomayor warns Trump’s birthright order could retroactively strip people’s citizenship

Apr 1, 2026Center Right

Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned on Wednesday whether a ruling in favor of the Trump administration’s executive order on birthright citizenship would retroactively strip citizenship from people born on U.S. soil to illegal immigrant or tourist parents. The justices heard arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a challenge to Trump’s 2025 executive order that…

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