Donald Trump has asserted that the landmark legal foundation for birthright citizenship was never intended to apply to children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily.

His comments come as the Supreme Court prepares to hear his administration’s appeal defending his executive order that seeks to restrict automatic citizenship.

In an exclusive interview with Politico, Trump argued that the historic case underpinning the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause must be understood in its original context, which he described as a narrow provision written in the aftermath of the Civil War.

“The case is very interesting because that case was meant for the babies of slaves," he told Politico, adding, “if you look at the dates on the case, it was exactly

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