Overview
- Appearing on Fox News on Friday, the attorney general called citizenship a privilege during a segment on 'citizenship fraud' and denaturalization.
- The comments drew fast pushback on X, where journalists and commentators called the claim wrong and cited the Constitution.
- Reporters noted that the Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to people born or naturalized in the United States, which makes it a legal right.
- Coverage tied the remark to President Trump's executive order seeking to narrow birthright citizenship, which remains in court after early injunctions and a June 2025 ruling limiting nationwide blocks.
- Commentators framed the phrasing as part of a broader denaturalization push and possible court messaging, with no Justice Department clarification reported.