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MIKE DAVIS: Sanity must be restored to birthright citizenship
At the core of our sovereignty is the right to determine who is entitled to citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to people born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a case concerning the lawfulness of President Trump’s commonsense executive order that restores the original understanding of birthright citizenship. Joe Biden mass-imported millions of illegal immigrants, but these individuals have no right to citizenship at birth. The text and history of the Fourteenth Amendment make that clear, and the Supreme Court should rule accordingly.
Leftists have argued wrongly that the question before the Court was settled a century ago in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898). The Chinese parents in that case were legal permanent residents of the United States, and the Court held that their children were entitled to citizenship. The case had nothing to do with temporary visitors to the United States, nor did it have anything to do with children born to illegal immigrants. After Wong Kim Ark, the view in the legal community of its holding was, as Justice Neil Gorsuch put it, “a mess.” Many scholars, including a dozen treatises, for instance, agreed with the position that Solicitor General John Sauer took; that is, Wong Kim Ark never decided the question of birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants or temporary residents.
The debates and original public understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment also support the Trump administration’s view of birthright citizenship. For instance, Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois stated that the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” did not simply mean regulatory jurisdiction, such as being subject to the laws of the United States while present here. Rather, Senator Trumbull explained, the phrase meant that one has no allegiance to anybody else, meaning to any foreign power. This explanation tracks with the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The same Congress that sent the Fourteenth Amendment to the states for ratification adopted the Civil Rights Act. For many years after the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment, secretaries of various departments also adopted the same view of the Fourteenth Amendment that the Trump administration holds.
Supreme Court precedent also supports the administration’s interpretation. In Elk v. Wilkins (1884), the Court held that Indians born in the United States are not entitled to birthright citizenship. Congress granted them birthright citizenship in 1924. This is the way the political process is supposed to work. Justices are not politicians; they wear robes, not capes. They have a crucial but limited role. The Elk Court clearly understood this modest role, and the present slate of justices should follow suit.
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Birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants’ children and children of tourists (so-called birth tourism) represents an enormous threat to our sovereignty. Over a million Chinese nationals living in China are American citizens thanks to this loophole, even though they have no allegiance to our Republic. China has approximately 500 birth tourism companies that transport women from China to, for instance, the American territory of the Northern Mariana Islands for the purpose of giving birth to children who will become American citizens and thus be entitled to vote in American elections once they turn 18. Through this scheme, China will be able to exert massive influence over American policy, as the number of these birth tourism citizens will grow even more significantly.
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During her argument against the administration, ACLU attorney Cecillia Wang claimed, under questioning by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, that not even Congress can prevent the children of birth tourists and illegal immigrants from receiving birthright citizenship, even if both Houses agree unanimously. This claim is horrifying because it prevents our leaders from exercising the most fundamental sovereign power of deciding who is and is not a citizen. The administration’s position is far more modest. If there is political support for birth tourism and citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, Congress can easily pass a statute to that effect. The Supreme Court, however, should not constitutionalize such a facially absurd rule.
Illegal immigration is a societal scourge and birthright citizenship for their children only incentivizes more illegal immigration. Leftists want: (1) open borders; (2) little if any enforcement of our immigration laws with respect to illegals who are already here, hence the refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security; and (3) a reward for illegals in the form of automatic citizenship for their children born here. This scheme, designed to produce Democrat voters, threatens America and is in no way what the Framers or the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment intended.
This is an easy case. The law was not settled over a century ago, contrary to leftist so-called legal analysts. For the sake of our sovereignty, the Supreme Court must display courage and follow the law. The justices took a solemn oath to defend the Constitution, even if it’s politically unpopular. Upholding President Trump’s executive order would honor that oath and preserve our sovereignty.
President Donald Trump was greeted by a packed crowd at UFC 327 in Miami Saturday night during the president’s first appearance at a sporting event since the start of the Iran war. Fans in attendance erupted into raucous applause as Trump walked into the venue.
Trump made his way out with UFC CEO and president Dana White and went around to the announcers and had an exchange with Joe Rogan, who was sitting at the announcers’ table.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was standing nearby the seats right before Trump walked out, then leaned in to Trump and started whispering very closely to the president, cupping his hands over his mouth and they each exchanged a few words. Trump then turned around, pumping his fist to those sitting behind him, smiling and waving, then pointed a few times to the crowd.
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Trump has been a frequent fixture at UFC and other combat sports events during his presidency, during his 2024 campaign and even dating back to his first term.
In 2025, Trump attended UFC 316 and Miami fight night. In 2024, he attended UFC 302 in June and UFC 309 in November.
In 2019, he attended UFC 244.
Before Saturday, the last major sporting event Trump attended was the College Football Playoff national championship game between Indiana and Miami at Hard Rock Stadium Jan. 19.
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Trump was notably absent from this year’s Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Italy and didn’t attend any other events after the Iran war broke out.
But after Tuesday’s ceasefire agreement, Trump has returned to sport. Trump addressed the ongoing situation with Iran at the White House before departing for Joint Base Andrews to travel to Miami for the UFC event.
“We’re in very deep negotiations with Iran. We win regardless. We’ve defeated them militarily,” Trump told reporters. “Whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me. And the reason is because we’ve won, whether you listen to the fake news or not.”
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Heather Graham says classmates dismissed her as ‘nerdy’ before Hollywood breakthrough proved them wrong
Before Hollywood came calling, Heather Graham said, she was dismissed as a “nerdy” teenager.
The actress recalled being underestimated in high school before landing the popular cheerleader role in “License to Drive,” a turning point she described as a “huge moment” that launched her independence and her career.
“I was nerdy. … You know, I was smart, and I was just, like, nobody thought I was that pretty,” Graham recalled during an episode of “Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson.”
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“So, I got this job as, like, the popular, pretty cheerleader, and I had very bad style and bad hair and makeup. Like, I did not know how to, like, do that. And then people were like, ‘Oh?’
“[The movie] came out right as I was graduating,” Graham added. “And I think people were like, ‘Well, maybe we should have paid attention to her.'”
Graham revealed landing the iconic role as Mercedes Lane in “License to Drive” was a “huge moment” for her at 17.
“It was huge for me. Like, that was a huge moment,” she explained. “I got to make money. I was independent. I had a bank account, you know, and I could live on my own.”
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Graham began her career with small roles in commercials and TV before landing teen films such as “Drugstore Cowboy” and “Swingers.”
She got her breakthrough with “Boogie Nights,” “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” and “Bowfinger.”
Graham landed a role in the blockbuster film “The Hangover” in 2009. She has since continued acting in films and TV while also expanding into writing and directing projects.
Her latest film, “They Will Kill You,” hit theaters March 27.
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The 56-year-old actress shared some of her beauty secrets in a recent interview with Us Weekly.
Graham claimed she’s “never had an actual operation where they’re cutting my face open.” But she said she has tried a series of other methods, including “microneedling, Botox … and a bunch of lasery things.”
“Some of those laser treatments are torture,” she said. “Like, an hour and a half of your face getting blasted.”
The movie star’s goal is to stay away from invasive plastic surgery because she doesn’t “want to look freaky,” and her “goal is to look natural.”
“I feel like some people get facelifts and they just kind of end up looking like … I mean, there are people that get it, and it’s good. But I just don’t want to be one of those people that got it and look freaky,” she said. “But I don’t know if [when] I got older, I wouldn’t completely rule out. Who knows, in the future.”
Graham also tries to maintain a balanced diet and get 10 to 11 hours of sleep. She said she uses yoga as a way to stay in shape and manage stress, calling it “so cathartic.”
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Seven-foot statue unveiled honoring Magawa, award-winning rat who found more than 100 landmines in Cambodia
A landmine-sniffing rat who won a gold medal for “life-saving devotion to duty” in Cambodia has been honored with a massive stone statue.
Magawa, a rat who gained fame in the country for sniffing out more than 100 mines (more than 1.5 million square feet) in his five-year career — more than any other rat in the country — retired in 2021 and died at age 8 in 2022.
The African giant pouched rat was trained by the Belgian charity APOPO to use his keen sense of smell to sniff out landmines and other explosives.
In Cambodia, more than 1 million people live and work in areas dotted with landmines, according to BBC News.
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In 2020, Magawa received the PDSA Dickin medal for gallantry, which recognizes heroism in animals.
He was the first rat in the organization’s history going back to 1943 to win the award.
Magawa was able to walk over areas with land mines safely because of his light weight and would alert his handlers to a mine by scratching the surface, according to Smithsonian magazine. He would then receive a treat.
“During his career, Magawa found over 100 landmines and other explosives, making him APOPO’s most successful HeroRAT to date,” the organization said in 2022, while announcing his death. “His contribution allows communities in Cambodia to live, work and play without fear of losing life or limb.”
Cambodia has the highest rate of landmine amputees per capita of any country.
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APOPO added, “Every discovery he made reduced the risk of injury or death for the people of Cambodia.”
The statue was unveiled in Siem Reap, Cambodia, April 3, just in time for International Day for Mine Awareness April 4.
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