{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-calls-for-citizenship-illegally-obtained-by-foreign-diplomats-children-to-be-revoked/", "Senator Schmitt Calls for Citizenship Illegally Obtained by Foreign Diplomats\u2019 Children to be Revoked", "2026-07-16", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Eric Schmitt", "S001227", "www.schmitt.senate.gov", "schmitt", "https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/", "scraper", "Urges Trump Admin to Investigate Illegal Grants of Birthright Citizenship, Close Loophole Allowing Diplomats\u2019 Children to Gain Citizenship Documents\n\nU.S. SENATE \u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin requesting they investigate the extent of illegal grants of citizenship documentation to foreign diplomats\u2019 children, implement policies and procedures to prevent it from occurring in the future, identify the individuals who have illegally procured citizenship documentation in this manner, and revoke those individuals\u2019 illegally procured citizenship documentation.\n\n\u201cI write regarding foreign diplomats improperly claiming birthright citizenship for their children born in the United States during their diplomatic missions. Neither the Constitution nor federal statutory law grants foreign diplomats\u2019 children birthright citizenship. Yet public reporting indicates that potentially thousands of foreign diplomats\u2019 children have been given citizenship documentation. Foreign diplomats\u2019 children using improperly procured citizenship documentation to illegally claim citizenship degrades the meaning of American citizenship, undermines our sovereignty, and threatens our national security.\u201d\n\n\u201cI therefore urge both of your agencies to take immediate action to investigate the extent of illegal grants of citizenship documentation to foreign diplomats\u2019 children, implement policies and procedures to prevent it from occurring in the future, identify the individuals who have illegally procured citizenship documentation in this manner, and revoke those individuals\u2019 illegally procured citizenship documentation.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Fourteenth Amendment confers American citizenship upon persons born in the United States while \u2018subject to the jurisdiction thereof.\u2019 For more than a century, statutory law, judicial precedent, and executive-branch policy have recognized that foreign diplomats\u2019 children born in the United States are not \u2018subject to [its] jurisdiction\u2019 and therefore do not acquire citizenship at birth. Indeed, even though the majority in Trump v. Barbara wrongfully expanded birthright citizenship to cover the children of illegal aliens and temporarily present aliens, it too recognized that the children of diplomats do not acquire birthright citizenship,\u201d wrote Senator Schmitt.\n\nRead the full letter HERE.\n\nBackground:\n\nFollowing the Supreme Court\u2019s decision extending birthright citizenship to the children of illegal aliens and temporarily present aliens, Schmitt introduced a bill to restore the original understanding of the scope of birthright citizenship from the time of the Fourteenth Amendment. Under the bill and the original understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment, the children of illegal aliens and temporarily present aliens, such as \u201cbirth tourists,\u201d would not be granted birthright citizenship.\n\nSchmitt also announced he will be introducing a constitutional amendment to rein in birthright citizenship and put Americans first by restoring the meaning and integrity of American citizenship.\n\nSchmitt led an amicus brief in support of President Trump\u2019s birthright citizenship executive order defending the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment\u2019s Citizenship Clause.\n\nAs Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Schmitt has led several hearings on the importance of protecting American citizenship. In March, Schmitt highlighted the threat of birth tourism, and his recent hearings examined denaturalizations and restoring pride in American citizenship.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-17T07:15:58Z", "2026-07-17T07:17:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schmitt.senate.gov/media/press-releases/senator-schmitt-calls-for-citizenship-illegally-obtained-by-foreign-diplomats-children-to-be-revoked/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9273521136492491, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}