Drummond supports President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship

OKLAHOMA CITY (Oct. 27, 2025) — Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to decide in favor of President Trump’s birthright citizenship policy.

On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order to stop birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and birth tourists. Three district court judges tried to stop the policy, but the Supreme Court in June allowed the order to take effect, confirming that the lower courts had overstepped.

Now, however, the district courts have entered new orders trying to stop the executive order.

Trump is asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the executive order is constitutional.

In supporting the President’s position, Drummond and a coalition of 23 other attorneys general say the Fourteenth Amendment never intended to grant automatic citizenship to tourists or illegal aliens who are coming into our country for the sole purpose of having an “anchor baby.” 

“I’m proud to support President Trump’s legal efforts to defend the Constitution and enforce our laws,” Drummond said. “This is an important case for our nation’s future and sovereignty. President Trump, my colleagues and I are on the right side of the law here, and we are confident a majority of Supreme Court justices will agree with our position and issue a favorable opinion.”

In the brief, the attorneys general write, “…this Court has long recognized that not every alien physically present within U.S. soil, water, or airspace ‘has effected an entry into the United States’ for ‘constitutional purposes.’ [In Kaplan v. Tod,] the Court rejected a mere-presence rule when considering whether children obtain citizenship through their parents’ naturalization.”

Also joining the brief were the attorneys general of Tennessee, Iowa, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.