Poll: Most Americans Want Birthright Citizenship Kept

0:00A new poll shows most Americans want to keep Earth-right citizenship intact, even as the Supreme Court gears up for big ruling on President Trump's executive order to end it. Reuters and Ipsaw surveyed 4557 adults, and 64 percent say no to scrapping it, while just 32 percent. Back to change, Trump pushed in January 2025. The Supreme Court justices are set to drop their decision by the end of June, after grilling both sides on whether the order lines up with the Constitution or federal law. Conservatives and Liberals alike pote holes in the idea that kids born here to undocumented or temporary parents shouldn't get citizenship. Break it down by party, and it's clear the divide runs deep. Only 9 percent of Democrats won and gone, while Republicans split, with 62 percent in favor of ending it, and 36 percent holding on. Independence lane keep, 66 percent to 26 percent. Birth-right citizenship comes straight from the 14th Amendment, ratified after the Civil

1:02War, to make sure former slaves and their kids were full. Citizens. It says all persons born in the U.S. and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens, later stretched to cover immigrant kids too, like in the Supreme. Courts 1898, Wong-Kim Art Case. Cour Courts already shot down Trump's order as unconstitutional, citing that old precedent. With the high court weighing in soon, this could reshape who counts as American from birth. But public opinions loud most folks aren't buying the switch. From your city, powered by AI, this is Tampa Bay News today.