Up to 250,000 children born to illegal migrants in 2023: preliminary report

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BORDER BABY BOOM: Up to 250,000 children were born in the U.S. to illegal migrants just in the year 2023, according to a new report. The stunning number comes as the president signed an executive order attempting to ban birthright citizenship. https://t.co/vnPa6flhYY pic.twitter.com/CQAegAIspe

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The birthright citizenship debate exploded back into the national discourse this week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning it.

Trump’s ban was slated to take effect on Feb. 19, but a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked the order. Some experts believe the issue will eventually be settled by the Supreme Court.

Should the ban eventually go into force, it would likely impact tens of thousands of children born to the parents of illegal immigrants.

The Center for Immigration Studies, a non-profit research organization that focuses on immigration, said Friday that based on its preliminary findings, there were between 225,000 to 250,000 U.S. births to illegal immigrants in 2023, which accounts for about 7% of total births in the U.S. that year.

To put the figure into context, the group says those figures are greater than the total number of births in all but two states taken individually.