Birthright ending could create 6.4 M children
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- Penn State study projects up to 6.4 million U.S.-born children could lack legal status by 2050 if birthright citizenship ends.
- Latino immigrants would comprise more than 90 % of the unauthorized U.S.-born population under scenario 2.
- Asian immigrants would experience the steepest relative increase, with unauthorized births climbing five‑fold to 41 per 1,000 Asian children versus 17 per 1,000 Latino children.
- Supreme Court is slated to hear a case in April that would expand “undocumented” to include children of non‑immigrant visa holders (students, workers).
- Scenario 2 modeling shows 6.4 million unauthorized births, of which 3.4 million would remain in the United States by 2050.
- Congressional Budget Office estimates the early‑2020s immigration surge will add $8.9 trillion to U.S. GDP over the next decade.
- Researchers warn the policy could trigger a brain drain, forcing highly educated visa‑holding immigrants to leave after U.S. education.
Why it matters: The policy would strip citizenship from millions of children born to legally‑present visa holders, depriving Latino and Asian families of the rights and economic contributions of a cohort the CBO projects will add $8.9 trillion to GDP, thus harming both immigrants and the broader economy.
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