President Trump is doing the right thing; if only our corrupt, indifferent, useless Congress would do their job.

 

Executive Orders Mitigate the Damage on Birthright Citizenship

Nate Jackson patriotpost.us 8-7-26

The Supreme Court got the 14th Amendment dangerously wrong, so President Donald Trump issued two orders to tighten up enforcement of existing law.

President Donald Trump doesn’t take no for an answer, as he demonstrated yesterday with two new executive orders on birthright citizenship.

At the end of June, the Supreme Court ruled incorrectly in Trump v. Barbara that the 14th Amendment grants birthright citizenship to any newborn whose mother’s GPS coordinates are on U.S. soil, regardless of the status of the child’s parents or the circumstances of that birth. Illegal aliens? Citizens. Birth tourists? Citizens.

President Trump pushed back on that unconstitutional insanity. “We had a bad decision, very unfair decision,” he said in the Oval Office on Thursday. “Our country suffers because of it, and we’re ending it a different way.”

The order titled “Ending Birth Tourism” eloquently explains the value of American citizenship:

United States citizenship is among the greatest inheritances the Nation can bestow. It embodies a sacred bond between the American people and the Nation in which they live, and carries profound rights, privileges, and responsibilities reflective of the enduring allegiance of citizens to the United States and our Constitution. Citizenship is not a commodity to be acquired through calculated exploitation and evasion of the immigration laws, such as by entering the United States on a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth within the Nation’s borders.

The order explains how foreign nations exploit our foolish system to ensure foreign children can enjoy the privileges of voting adults and have none of the loyalty. Though it’s unnamed, Communist China is a notable offender.

“There is no official data on ‘birth tourism,’” scoffs The Washington Post. “In 2024, fewer than 10,000 babies were born in the U.S. to people with foreign addresses, out of 3.6 million total live births, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed by the nonpartisan [read: left-wing] Migration Policy Institute.”

Well, if it’s only 10,000 annually, it must not be a problem. Is that the logic?

In any case, Trump’s order aims to address the problem by mandating tighter review of visa recipients. If the Supreme Court says any child born here is a citizen, the Trump administration will more tightly screen the mothers, either refusing to issue or revoking visas in certain cases. He’s not saying children born here aren’t citizens, as critics are already hyperventilating. He’s saying prospective moms can’t come here and give birth in the first place.

“The United States has a compelling interest in ensuring that each visa category is used only for the purpose for which it was established,” the order says. “It is therefore the policy of the United States to promote the integrity of its immigration system, to ensure that nonimmigrant visa classifications are used only for their lawful and intended purposes, and to prevent the exploitation of those classifications by persons engaging in birth tourism.”

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller cited Section 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, saying, “Birth tourism is, by definition, a fraud on the American system, on the American taxpayer, on the American visa. If you’re … here as a tourist, but your true purpose and intent is to go to a baby mill, give birth, and try to mint an American citizen while you’re here, then you’re committing a fraud against the American government — and by definition that visa can, and should, and will be now denied.”

Again, the order doesn’t change anything about immigration law. It just says the administration will be very precise in enforcing it.

The other order is titled “Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” and it deals with illegal aliens bearing children. Again, it does not change the law but rather relies on categorization of entrants — especially “alien enemy” (from a country hostile to ours) or any “person engaged in a commercial transaction” for the purpose of gaining citizenship, including surrogacy.

Remember when Joe Biden lost his student loan bribe at the Supreme Court and then circumvented the Court to do it anyway? Trump isn’t doing that (this time). He’s carefully defining U.S. immigration law in ways that will minimize the damage done by the Court and are better designed to withstand inevitable legal challenges. The next administration is free to undo these orders, but President Trump has made incredible progress keeping his campaign promise to secure the border — all without passing a new law like Biden insisted had to be done.

The ideal solution now is for Congress to pass legislation defining the 14th Amendment for the purposes of immigration policy. Congress doesn’t do hard stuff like that anymore, though, so the best we’re going to get anytime soon is President Trump’s orders.

 

The willingness to believe, the determination to pursue, the satisfaction of accomplishment!

 

The pursuit of the American dream

We read or hear it from time to time: “the American Dream is dead.” 

Blaine L. Pardoe | August 7, 2026 www.americanthinker.com

We read or hear it from time to time: “the American Dream is dead.” It’s usually stated this way to feed some narrative or agenda. It is a lie told to manipulate the weak-minded in our society.

The concept of the American Dream is often confused. Most of that is because there is no single definition of what constitutes that ideal. For some, it is the opportunity for upward mobility in society. For others, it is raising a family. Others still believe the dream is having a home and being part of a friendly/safe community. Boomers tend to believe they are more successful and prosperous than the previous generation. The dream is personal, something that each one of us holds private and dear. 

Our forefathers came to this country to better themselves. They wanted to be part of something bigger; something incredible: the great American experiment. What sparked them was, and remains, a land of opportunity. They left behind nations where the chance to advance and grow was stifled. They fled countries where freedoms were not permitted. America is a place where a core set of rights exists, and the government cannot take them away.

The Left has tried to corrupt that dream. Leftists have attempted to redefine it as something that is owed by the nation. Their attempts to redefine the dream have made it about material things, like owning a house. The Left embraces the idea that the government is the source of the dream, that it is something to be distributed rather than earned. They claim it’s about equity; equal outcomes regardless of effort. While individuals are free to accept this definition, they are missing the point. It is this kind of thinking that fosters the taint of socialism and communism that is so prevalent. “It’s not fair that he or she is successful. I should have all the success they do.” This kind of thinking is flawed and lazy, the antithesis of what it is to want the dream. 

The dream was never about material goods, though that may come with achieving it. It was about the pursuit of the dream. Even in the Declaration of Independence, our Founders said that we have the right to pursue happiness. We don’t have a guarantee of that joy, simply a level playing field to quest for happiness. 

Achieving the American Dream was never supposed to be easy. Being an American means working, educating yourself, striving to be better. If it were easy, everyone would have it. It shouldn’t be easy. Working for it is a reward in itself. Those who sit by and expect success to be dropped in their laps are the most miserable souls in the nation. Working hard to obtain a goal, achieve an objective (financial or otherwise), gives a person a sense of pride. It establishes a work ethic. The accomplishment feeds the soul and helps us become better people and citizens. Having it handed to you with no effort simply makes you desire more.

Part of the American Dream is embracing your citizenship and being willing to defend it. Citizens have obligations to society, be it voting, jury duty, or simply following the laws. It is why when we hear of fraud, many of us take it personally. Those were our tax dollars, and the thought of someone stealing them is a violation of the contract of citizenship that we as a society embrace.

Achieving whatever definition of the American Dream is not an endgame. Once you achieve it, you set new goals, you work harder and smarter to continue to grow. That’s how we, as a nation, evolve. Most who accomplish their goals give back in some way to others. They help them rise and find their own American Dream. This can be through volunteer work, donations, churches, or any number of ways.

We don’t need a single definition of the dream; we simply need the willingness to believe in it. Each one of us needs to be ready to roll up our sleeves and work hard to embrace it. Those who claim the dream is dead don’t understand that it was never for the government to define or fulfill that dream, but for us individually to.

 

This action by President Trump should take control of one of our Nation's pressing problems.

 

Trump signs executive orders targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism

The Supreme Court in June struck down Trump's executive order directing federal agencies to interpret the 14th Amendment as not granting citizenship to the children of illegal migrants.

By Misty Severi  August 6, 2026 justthenews.com

President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Thursday that attempt to restrict birthright citizenship and end the practice of “birth tourism," in hopes of circumventing a recent Supreme Court decision.

The Supreme Court in June struck down Trump's executive order directing federal agencies to interpret the 14th Amendment as not granting citizenship to the children of illegal migrants. 

“We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “It was close, but a very, very unfortunate decision. So we’re making adjustments because it’s very unfair.”

The order restricting birthright citizenship expands the definition of what children born in the United States would be ineligible for automatic citizenship, including children of “alien enemies of the United States, members of foreign terrorist organizations and large categories of people who lobby and act on behalf of foreign governments." 

The other order directs the State Department to issue rules and guidance to stop birth tourism, according to Axios, even as U.S. law already bans tourists from obtaining visas "for the primary purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship for a child by giving birth in the United States."

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage. 

 

Spain's illegal immigration invasion is a definite likeness to the Biden southern border fiaco.

 

Spain’s Migrant Invasion Mirrors Biden’s Southern Border

Emmy Griffin patriotpost.us 8-4-26

Tens of thousands of Moroccan migrants flooded into Ceuta in a perfect storm of bad socialist policies and bad international relations.

Late last week, Spain experienced a coordinated border invasion of its territory of Ceuta, one of two parts of the European Union that border an African nation — Morocco. Ceuta is home to 84,000 people.

Around 60,000 Moroccan migrants, most of them military-aged men, entered Ceuta by swimming across the water. Seventy-two people died either by drowning or by being crushed in the surge at the border. This mass migration into Spanish territory was a perfect storm of bad socialist policy and bad diplomatic relations.

Spain has some of the worst immigration policies in the EU. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is a creature of the far Left and takes the worst side of every international issue. In the Israel-Gaza war, for example, he is pro-Hamas. In the Iran war, he is pro-IRGC. And to solve Spain’s fertility issue (the birth rate there is 1.42 children per woman), Sánchez wants to import more people from the third world.

Sound familiar?

Last December, Sánchez was also responsible for issuing Spain’s seventh mass amnesty in 40 years as a counterprotest against “MAGA-style leaders.” His government estimated there would be 500,000 applicants — they were woefully wrong. Spain was buried under more than a million applications.

This amnesty, combined with last month’s Spanish Supreme Court ruling declaring that migrants who cross into Spain by sea will not be immediately deported, was the impetus for Ceuta’s current situation.

According to Spain’s Ministry of the Interior, the “court ruling encouraged the flow of undocumented migrants, mostly young people.” However, last week’s invasion didn’t happen in a vacuum. Migrants from Morocco want to escape economic hardship, yes, but the mass exodus was likely a political setup by Morocco’s government.

In late July, Sánchez visited Algeria and declared that it was a particularly important strategic partner. Well, Morocco and Algeria are rival North African countries that are constantly striving to be top dog. In Morocco’s eyes, Spain’s declaration that Algeria was strategically important meant that Morocco was less important. So, Morocco decided to prove just how important it is to Spain’s sovereignty. According to some of the migrants, they were encouraged to cross the border by social media rumors, and Moroccan authorities had the gates wide open, beckoning people through.

The immigration crisis has reached a breaking point, and Ceuta’s mayor-president, Juan Jesús Vivas, has called on Madrid for aid. Sánchez did send some support but is refusing to call the invasion an emergency. He also visited Ceuta on Saturday. Stores shuttered their doors, and residents huddled in their houses — except for those protesting Sánchez.

To help close the border, Spain put out 1,600 feet of floating border wall. So far, 48,000 of the 60,000 migrants have returned to Morocco, and Sánchez has sent help to round up those who refuse to leave.

Other EU countries are alarmed at what Spain’s lax laws have allowed to happen: an emergency meeting to discuss border security will occur today, and Italy has taken the preemptive measure of closing off its borders to people coming from Spain for the next month — a move that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made clear was “an extraordinary measure, adopted to safeguard national security and prevent possible repercussions for our nation.”

Sánchez, of course, blames the EU for overreacting, and his government officials have gone so far as to blame President Donald Trump and Israel. In other words, Spain’s far-left party has no accountability.

Sound familiar?

As other have noted, this invasion mirrors the U.S. southern border under President Joe Biden, and it will again if a likeminded Democrat takes office in 2028. Like the increasingly communist Democrat Party, Sánchez cares more about importing future voters to keep him in power than he cares about the people who elected him to serve them.

Mass illegal immigration and refusing to enforce immigration law are recipes for misery and disaster. For those desperate souls trying to cross the border illegally, the price is hardship, exploitation, abuse, and even death. And for those on the receiving end, the price is chaos in the streets, crime, and volatile living situations. It’s a zero-sum game for the people whom politicians use as pawns in their power plays.