What To Know
- The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship.
- Jessica Tarlov criticized the Trump administration’s stance, arguing it stems from a dislike of immigrants.
- Co-host Scott Galloway emphasized that consistent, legal definitions of citizenship are crucial for America.
Fox News commentator Jessica Tarlov blasted the Trump administration on Tuesday (June 30) while discussing the recent Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.
On Tuesday’s episode of the Raging Moderates podcast, Tarlov and her co-host Scott Galloway touched on President Trump‘s ongoing efforts to take away birthright citizenship. Trump’s efforts hit a speed bump when the Supreme Court struck down his executive order that would have denied automatic citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the Trump v. Barbara decision, in which the justices agreed that Trump’s order cannot be enforced because it violates the 14th Amendment.
Galloway said that immigrants who take the risk of moving their family to the United States are a prime example of the American Dream. “I think someone who takes a risk and comes over here and drops a baby. I think that’s probably the kind of DNA we want in America,” he said, per TheWrap. “I would just like to see an argument on why this is worth going back on.”
“Well because they don’t like people from other places,” Tarlov replied. “I think that’s why.”
The Five co-host went on to slam MAGA talking points, saying, “This thesis that the right is putting out there that there are tons of people streaming across the border, they’re only here for half an hour, they drop a baby here and suddenly voila you have an American citizen and by extension an American family.”
“It is a draw I’m sure for some, but it doesn’t change the Constitution,” she continued. “Or the fact, more importantly, that immigrants are such an incredible boon to the country economically and culturally in a lot of ways.”
Galloway noted that a quarter of a million babies a year would have lost U.S. citizenship if Trump’s order were upheld. “When you make citizenship about politics vs. genealogy, the juice isn’t worth the squeeze,” he stated. “Consistent laws are really valuable for America and that is for 250 years we’ve generally made citizenship a legal question not a political one.”
He added, “Once citizenship becomes something that politicians can selectively redefine, you’re introducing uncertainty into the most valuable, a key asset of America. That is an American passport.”