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Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., joked it might be time for the pro-life movement to welcome the New York Times into the fold for a recent Legacy Media Outlet headline that acknowledged the “unborn “like children.
“You know, I feel like we have a lot of momentum, so there’s this issue that the president has introduced, that I’m supporting, to say that the Constitution doesn’t give birthright citizenship to people who are here illegally,” DeSantis he said on Friday 52nd Annual March for Life in Washington, D.C.
“But it’s interesting. Not everyone likes that. And so, the New York Times had a hit against this. And here was their headline, ‘Undocumented Women Ask: Will My Unborn Child Be a Citizen?'” Said.
“So the New York Times admits it’s not just a group of cells,” DeSantis said. “We welcome the New York Times to the pro-life movement.”
People participating in the annual March for Life walk from the Washington Monument to the Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
The New York Times piecewhich ran Tuesday, cited illegal immigrants expressing concern that their unborn children would not be recognized as citizens.
The piece was in response to President Donald Trump executive order Monday, saying that children of illegal immigrants and those born to legal immigrants with temporary visas should not be recognized as citizens.
The executive order, which goes into effect on February 19, says that “it is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government will issue documents recognizing citizenship of the United States or accept documents issued by the state, local, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize citizenship of the United States, to persons: (1) When the mother of that person was unlawfully present in the United States and the father of the person was not were a United States citizen or resident legal permanent resident at the time of such person’s birth, or (2) when the presence of that person’s mother in the United States was legal but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of the birth of said person.”
Trump’s GOP allies push birthright citizenship bill after progressive fury at presidential order
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks, as anti-abortion protesters gather for the annual March for Life rally, in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2025. Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein (Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
The New York Times article cites the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment which says that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state in which who reside.”
The piece goes on to say that the “provision has since been interpreted to apply to virtually all children born Here, regardless of the status of their parents. But some immigration restrictionists believe there is legal ground to reduce its scope.”
In a statement to Fox News DigitalA New York Times spokesperson said of DeSantis’ comments: “Our newsroom covers abortion and immigration impartially as evidenced by our recent coverage of President Trump’s immigration executive order, from the logistics of enlisting the military, to legal challenges, even tracking WHO demographics would be affected by deportations, as well as interviews with undocumented women waiting to give birth after the order goes into effect.”
Nuns arrive to participate in the annual March for Life, walk from the Washington Monument to the Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
On Thursday, a federal judge in Seattle, U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, temporarily blocked Trump’s executive order, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional“
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