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Upon the announcement of the decision, its members from a human rights NGO exulted before the Supreme Court. Yes, we did it. Yes, we can do it and yes, we will do it again, won't we? The court has just rejected the president's controversial decree on birthright citizenship. This is a fight to determine who belongs here and who this administration wants to erase, and we will not let them. The White House tenant wanted to exclude children born to parents in an irregular situation from the provision enshrined by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. A measure announced as soon as he returned to the White House to fight against what he calls an incentive for illegal immigration. In a message published on his social network, he deplores the court's decision but does not consider himself defeated. Congress should begin working today to abolish birthright citizenship. Costly and unjust for our country. They will have my full and unconditional support. But the outcome of such a scenario appears very uncertain. Republicans can certainly go through the legislative route, but they would need to obtain 60 votes out of 100 in the Senate. And if they want to amend the Constitution, the procedure would be even more complicated with a two-thirds majority vote from both houses of Congress. Republicans only have a slim majority there. A small lead that they hope to maintain during the next midterm elections in November.