Khaberni - A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that the majority of Americans support the automatic granting of American citizenship to anyone born on US soil, contrary to President Donald Trump's efforts, while the Supreme Court is preparing to rule on it within weeks.
The survey - conducted from April 15 to 20 - showed that 64% of Americans oppose eliminating the right to citizenship by birth, while 32% support its cancellation as ordered by Trump in January 2025.
This executive order issued by Trump was challenged in court, and the Supreme Court judges are expected to issue a ruling by the end of June on the matter, which will be a major case in the civil rights file and a test of Trump's tough agenda towards immigrants.
The survey showed that public opinion on the right to citizenship by birth is divided along partisan lines, with only 9% of Democrats supporting the cancellation of this policy, while 62% of Republicans support the cancellation and 36% oppose it.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue its rulings in the coming weeks on a range of controversial issues related to several files including immigration policies, transgender rights, and rules for sorting mail-in election ballots, which could help shape the legacy of the Republican president and set important rules for the midterm congressional elections in November.
Transgender
In cases in Idaho and West Virginia, the court is expected to allow the states to enact laws restricting transgender participation in women's sports.
A Reuters/Ipsos survey showed broad support for restricting transgender participation in school and college women’s sports, which has become a politically controversial topic.
Approximately 67% of survey participants supported banning transgender athletes from participating in school women's sports. 92% of Republicans supported this ban, as did 44% of Democrats.
The court will also decide on the issue of states counting mail-in ballots that bear a postage stamp dated on Election Day but arrive days later. About 65% of survey participants supported counting them. 85% of Democrats said they support this approach to sorting mail-in ballots, as did 51% of Republicans.
Reuters/Ipsos conducted its latest poll on the issues to be decided by the Supreme Court online with the participation of 4557 American adults, with a margin of error of about two percentage points.
