Attorney Andy Ogles pushes anti-birthright citizenship proposal after SCOTUS ruling

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., accused the US Supreme Court of betraying the nation on Tuesday and introduced a proposal to curb the right to birthright citizenship.

On Tuesday, the nation’s highest court ruled against President Donald Trump’s order last year that focused on the idea that children born in the United States have the right to become American citizens.

The 14th Amendment states, in part, “All persons born or begotten in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

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Trump’s order declared that it is US policy “that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing the citizenship of the United States, or accept documents issued by the State, local, or other governments or authorities identifying that they accept the citizenship of the United States, to persons: (1) where the mother of the person was illegally present in the United States and the person’s father was not a citizen of the United States or a legal citizen at the time of birth. (2) where the person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of the person’s birth.”

Ogles criticized the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday, asserting in part of the text on X that the Supreme Court “betrayed America.”

In a statement provided by his office to Fox News Digital on Wednesday, Ogles asserted, “Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck down the most important thing in the world: US citizenship. Not only is the birthright of citizenship not in the US Constitution, but this broken system has allowed foreigners to take advantage of our country, our benefits, and our generosity. These foreigners have been indoctrinated into our society to be trained in our foreign society and the foreign government is embedded in our society.”

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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on July 1, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

He added, “I refuse to allow these anchor children to rule our country. Save our sovereignty. Anchor away!”

Congress’s “Anchors Away Act” aims to address this issue.

This proposal would amend US law – which states that those born in the US and under its jurisdiction are citizens at birth – to stipulate that in order for a child to be considered under US jurisdiction one of the parents must be a “citizen or national of the United States,” “an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident of the United States whose domicile is in the United States and who is lawful under the official laws applicable to the alien jurisdiction (as defined in section 101 of title 10, Code of the United States).

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This photo taken on June 30, 2026, shows the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, United States. (Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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The measure would also amend US law to state, “Any alien seeking admission to the United States as a nonimmigrant who is pregnant and unmarried to a United States citizen is inadmissible.” Although it also notes, “Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as inadmissible to an alien seeking legal treatment related to childbirth.”