ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins The Evening Edit on Fox Business NetworkThursday, July 16, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined The Evening Edit with Elizabeth MacDonald on Fox Business Network to discuss the debate over birthright citizenship and his Citizenship Act of 2026 . Click the image above for the full discussion. Key Excerpts: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “It’s very simple, I am taking a page right out of Justice Kavanaugh’s playbook in his concurring opinion that Congress must act. Congress must determine and legislate that the children of illegals who are invaders into our country are not eligible for birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s executive order, banning birthright citizenship, but all nine justices on the Supreme Court, from the right to the left, they all agree that children of invaders are not eligible… The Supreme Court doesn’t determine what an invasion is; Congress and the President do.” “My bill is as simple as that. I’ve had a lot of colleagues, like Sen. Tuberville, reach out and co-sponsor my bill. We don’t need a Constitutional Amendment, which we will never get with these radical Democrats; we can pass a simple bill like this one. And by the way, I’d love to get this bill on the floor of the Senate and dare the Democrats to vote against it. Can you imagine a Democrat going home to their state and explaining why they believe that illegals in this country, that their children are eligible for birthright citizenship.” “It’s happening, and it’s happening all over the country. Chinese billionaires that are paying surrogates to have babies in our country to turn them into anchor babies. It’s just wrong. There is a moral duty that Members of Congress, like myself, have to pass a bill to clarify that children of illegals should not be granted birthright citizenship. It’s common sense.” ###