Should all babies born in the United States be citizens?

所有在美国出生的婴儿都应该是公民吗?

The NPR Politics Podcast

2026-04-01

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The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging President Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to children born to people without permanent legal immigration status in the United States. We discuss the politics underlying the case and the potential consequences of overturning the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.  This episode: political correspondent Ashley Lopez, Supreme Court and justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro. This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • President Trump's White House is upending Democratic norms on a weekly basis.

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  • even minting a coin with his face on it.

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  • Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

  • I'm Ashley Lopez.

  • I cover politics.

  • I'm Kerry Johnson.

  • I cover the Supreme Court and the Justice Department.

  • And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

  • And today on the show, the Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow about whether all babies born in the United States

  • should be granted automatic U.S. Citizenship, arguably one of the biggest cases before the court this term.

  • Kerry, before we get into the details of this, can you remind us what prompted this?

  • On his first day back in the White House, President Trump signed an executive order that was designed to prevent children

  • born to immigrants in the country without long-term legal status from automatically becoming citizens.

  • He said U.S. Citizenship is a priceless gift.

  • He talked about the 14th Amendment, and it's guaranteed that people born or naturalized in the U.S.

  • And subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens.

  • And he talked about how that amendment basically overturn the Dred Scott decision and the idea that enslaved people