Rasmussen Poll: Voters Split on Birthright Citizenship

A majority of American voters say they support limiting automatic birthright citizenship to births where at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident, a Rasmussen Reports survey found.

The survey also found that voters virtually are split on whether the U.S. should change its current practice of granting U.S. citizenship to births to illegal immigrants who were released into the United States between 2021-2025.

Birthright citizenship is a topic among voters after a third federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people in the U.S. illegally.

Rasmussen Reports results released Wednesday found that 56% of respondents say they support limiting automatic birthright citizenship to births where at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. That includes 32% who say they strongly support such a limit.

Another 35% say they oppose a change and 10% say they are not sure.

A breakdown of political affiliations show that 61% of Republicans, 56% of Democrats and 49% of say automatic birthright citizenship should be limited to births where at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.

The Rasmussen poll results also found that 44% of likely U.S. voters say they support the U.S. changing its current practice of granting citizenship to births to illegal immigrants released into the country between 2021-2025.

Another 43% say they oppose changes to the law and 13% say they are not sure.

Rasmussen found that Black voters are most likely to support changing the current practice of granting U.S. citizenship to births to illegal immigrants who were released into the United States between 2021-2025.

Asked whether the support or oppose the U.S. "changing its current practice of granting U.S. citizenship to births to tourists and other foreign visitors," 51% say they support a change, including 29% who strongly support such a change. Another 37% say they oppose and 12% say they are not sure.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey was conducted Feb. 6 and 9-10 among 1,196 likely voters. It has a margin of sampling error of plus/minus 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.

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