US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Supreme Court's ruling that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship is a major setback for President Trump's immigration agenda, and has been welcomed by civil rights groups. Donald Trump said the court's decision was "too bad" and vowed to continue to fight to end birthright citizenship through legislation. Also: Spain is taking a very different approach to immigration as more than one million undocumented migrants and asylum seekers apply for legal status under a government scheme. A week on from the earthquakes in Venezuela, a three year old boy has pulled alive from the rubble. Tanzanian authorities say they are doing everything they can to prevent the Ebola virus arriving there from neighbouring countries. We hear the stories of some women in Ukraine who are turning to beauty and fashion as a way of dealing with the trauma of war. Despite huge excitement about her return to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Serena Williams is knocked out in the first round by the 20-year-old Australian player Maya Joint. And one of the greatest basketball players of all time, LeBron James, is on the move to find a new team.
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Photo: Demonstrators hold letters making up the slogan "Born in the USA = citizen!" outside the U.S. Supreme Court building as the court hears oral arguments on the legality of the Trump administration's effort to limit birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 1, 2026. Credit: REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Jeanette Jaliel, and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 1st of July, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.3 | Donald Trump says he'll try to use Congress to get around the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of the President's order banning birthright citizenship. |
| 0:26.6 | Spain is inundated with applications from undocumented migrants to remain in the country under a government scheme. |
| 0:34.2 | A week on from Venezuela's devastating double earthquake, |
| 0:38.1 | the search continues for tens of thousands of people who are still missing. |
| 0:45.5 | Also in this podcast, Serena Williams' tennis comeback at Wimbledon at the age of 44 ends in disappointment. |
| 0:54.1 | A moment her 20-year-old opponent will never forget. |
| 0:58.1 | She has such an aura, she's such a legend, and this court has so many huge names that have played on it. |
| 1:04.0 | I've been dreaming about this moment since I was a little kid, so this is pretty crazy. |
| 1:13.8 | One of President Trump's first acts on returning to office last year |
| 1:17.8 | was to sign an executive order seeking to end automatic citizenship |
| 1:21.8 | for anyone born to foreign parents in the US. |
| 1:25.5 | He'd argued that undocumented migrants were not subject to a right that has been enshrined in the US. He'd argued that undocumented migrants were not subject to a right |
| 1:29.8 | that has been enshrined in the American Constitution for more than 150 years after the |
| 1:35.7 | abolition of slavery. But judges at the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision have delivered a clear |
| 1:42.9 | message to Mr. Trump. |
| 1:44.7 | Birthright citizenship can't simply be annulled with the stroke of a presidential pen. |
| 1:50.5 | He responded by saying the court's decision was too bad and that he would use Congress to get around it. |
| 1:57.3 | The House Speaker, Mike Johnson, also expressed his disappointment. |
| 2:01.4 | It is a serious problem. We have become a tourism, birthing tourism, they call it, you know, |
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