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February 05, 2025

     The birthright citizenship debate exploded back into the national discourse this week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning it.  This is manipulation -  not birth right.

     Trump's ban was slated to take effect on Feb. 19, but a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked the order. Some experts believe the issue will eventually be settled by the Supreme Court.  Should the ban eventually go into force, it would likely impact tens of thousands of children born to the parents of illegal immigrants.  The Center for Immigration Studies, a non-profit research organization that focuses on immigration, said Friday that based on its preliminary findings, there were between 225,000 to 250,000 U.S. births to illegal immigrants in 2023, which accounts for about 7% of total births in the U.S. that year. 

     To put the figure into context, the group says those figures are greater than the total number of births in all but two states taken individually.  Furthermore, it appears that more children were born to illegal immigrant parents than to legal noncitizens.  Although not yet available, the group says that the 2024 numbers are likely to be even higher given the surge of illegal immigrants into the country under the Biden administration. 

     The Center for Immigration Studies says it last did a deep dive into the births of legal and illegal immigrants in the U.S. in 2018 based on an analysis of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). The group says it was using the same methodology for its preliminary 2023 findings.   The group says that illegal immigrants are present in Census data, but they are never explicitly identified by the Bureau. Fox News Digital requested figures from the Census Bureau and Homeland Security but did not immediately receive a response.  

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