Hundreds rally for birthright citizenship at supreme court: ‘We are an immigrant nation’

About 250 demonstrators gathered on the Supreme Court steps Wednesday to defend birthright citizenship protections under the 14th Amendment, with President Trump watching from the public gallery in an unusually direct presidential intervention in an active case. The rally reflected public concern over the administration's legal challenge to the constitutional right that automatically grants citizenship to children born in the U.S., regardless of parental immigration status. Protesters included educators and activists who view birthright citizenship as fundamental to American identity, though attendees expressed skepticism about the justices' likely ruling. Trump's in-person presence at oral arguments marked a rare instance of a sitting president directly observing a Supreme Court case that could reshape immigration law and affect millions of people born in the country.