Cada Tarde host says 5-4 SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling seems more like “political polarization than a judicial decision”
Carlos and Agustin Acosta agreed the numbers should have been “9-0 or 7-2” in favor of birthright citizenship
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From the June 30, 2026, edition of Actualidad Radio's Cada Tarde
AGUSTIN ACOSTA (HOST): Yes, Carlos, the court just defined exactly what we were talking about around 30 minutes ago, that children born in the United States to illegal or undocumented parents are citizens of the United States.
CARLOS ACOSTA (HOST): As the Constitution of the United States establishes.
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AGUSTIN: They are American, and the court has defined exactly how this article in the Constitution of the United States defines it, and hands President Trump a ruling that he would have liked to go the other way.
CARLOS: What I don’t understand is the 5-4. That I don’t understand.
AGUSTIN: Yes, yes.
CARLOS: I would think that at a time like this-
AGUSTIN: 9-0.
CARLOS: 9-0 or 7-2, keeping in mind that there are two who have their doubts, etc. But 5-4 seems to me as more political polarization than a judicial decision.
AGUSTIN: But well, the majority prevails, and the chapter is closed. Children born here to parents who entered illegally and remain under illegal status in the United States are citizens of the nation.