2026: Local News Reported Jim Desmond Supported Ending Birthright Citizenship

April 2026: San Diego Union-Tribune: Desmond “Endorsed Some Of Trump’s More Controversial Efforts — Including Ending Birthright Citizenship.” “Despite the district’s newly Democratic tilt, Desmond isn’t shying away from his support for Trump. In an interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune, he endorsed some of Trump’s more controversial efforts — including ending birthright citizenship. ‘I support the fact that he shut down the border. I support the fact that he’s trying to lower taxes. I support the fact that somebody had to step up and take on Iran,’ he said, though he noted Trump has ‘a different style than I do in dealing with issues.’” [San Diego Union-Tribune, 4/5/26]

April 1, 2026: The Supreme Court Heard Oral Arguments About Trump’s Executive Order To End Birthright Citizenship. “On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would end birthright citizenship – the guarantee of U.S. citizenship to virtually everyone born in this country. Trump’s order has never gone into effect; since then, every federal court that has considered a challenge to the order has struck it down. After just over two hours of oral arguments on Wednesday, before an audience that included (at least for part of the morning) Trump himself, a majority of the Supreme Court seemed likely to do the same.” [SCOTUSblog, 4/1/26]

• Trump’s Order Would Upend The Long-Standing View That The 14th Amendment Conferred Citizenship On Everyone Born On American Soil. “Trump’s order would upend the long-standing view that the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, and federal law since 1940 confer citizenship on everyone born on American soil, with narrow exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats and those born to a foreign occupying force.” [Associated Press, 4/1/26]