President Donald Trump says wealthy foreigners are abusing the nation’s birthright citizenship policy to bring their foreign relatives to the United States after having secured citizenship through their U.S.-born children.

During an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns, Trump said he hopes the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) overturns the birthright citizenship policy, where the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens and other foreign nationals are rewarded birthright American citizenship though the parents have no ties to the U.S.

“The case is very interesting because that case was meant for the babies of slaves and if you look at the dates on the case, it was exactly having to do with the Civil War,” Trump said of the intended use of birthright citizenship:

That case was not meant from some rich person coming from another country, dropping… putting a foot in our country, and all of a sudden their whole family becomes, you know, United States citizens. That case is all about slaves, the babies of slaves, and it was a good reason for doing it. And that’s all it was about, and people now are understanding it. It’s been explained to ’em. And I think the court understands it, too. That would be a devastating decision if we lose that case. [Emphasis added]

Trump said the U.S. “cannot afford to house tens of millions of people that came in through birthright citizenship.”

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