Trump Cheers ‘Amazing’ SCOTUS Decision, Says Birthright Citizenship Meant for ‘Babies of Slaves,’ Not People Who ‘Scam the System’

President Donald Trump on Friday called it a “monumental victory” after the Supreme Court decided against blocking his executive order on birthright citizenship.

Earlier that morning, the Supreme Court announced its 6-3 decision rolling back nationwide injunctions to block the executive order. In his first day in office, Trump signed the order arguing that birthright citizenship — which Americans are entitled to via the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution — “never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States.”

“This morning the Supreme Court has delivered a monumental victory for the Constitution, the separation of powers, and the rule of law,” Trump said in a prepared statement. “In striking down the excessive use of nationwide injunctions to interfere with the normal functioning of the executive branch, the Supreme Court has stopped the presidency itself. That’s what they’ve done, and really it’s been an amazing period of time this last hour. There are people elated all over the country. I’ve seen such such happiness and spirit. Sometimes you don’t see that, but this case is very important.”

Trump then repeated his claim that birthright citizenship was intended for the “babies of slaves” and not for those “trying to scam the system”:

Thanks for this decision; and thanks to this decision, we can now promptly file to proceed with numerous policies that have been wrongly enjoined on a nationwide basis. And some of the cases we’re talking about would be ending birthright citizenship, which now comes to the fore. That was meant for the babies of slaves. It wasn’t meant for people trying to scam the system and come into the country on a vacation.

Watch above via Fox News.

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