Resurfaced Reid and Feinstein birthright citizenship clips spark outrage

As the debate over birthright citizenship is being argued at the Supreme Court, videos of top Democrats repeating the Trump administration’s argument have resurfaced, sparking a conservative uproar on social media.

“If making it easier to be an illegal alien isn’t enough, how about offering a reward for being an illegal immigrant?” Former U.S. Senator Harry Reid said on the Senate floor in 1993.

“No country in their right mind would do that. Right? Guess again. If you break our laws by entering this country without permission and give birth to a child, we will reward that child with U.S. citizenship and [a] “This guarantees full access to all the public and social services that society provides – and that’s a lot of services.”

Reid, who served in the Senate as a Democrat for 30 years and was Senate Majority Leader for 8 years, was talking about the 1993 Immigration Stabilization Act he introduced. The legislation was a broad immigration reform package that included a provision denying birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to mothers who were not U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.

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Reid, who died in 2021 at the age of 82, ultimately changed his mind on the legislation and he said in 2018 He said the bill was a “mistake”.

A lot social media He was quick to point out Reid’s lofty position within the Democratic Party and wondered aloud why he wasn’t labeled a “racist” as Republicans who oppose birthright citizenship often do.

“WOW,” TikTok’s conservative influencer Libs Published on X. “Senator Harry Reid, a DEMOCRATIC, introduced a bill in 1993 to end birthright citizenship for illegal aliens. But if Trump wants to do that, Democrats call it ‘racist.'”

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Actor Kevin Sorbo “Many Democrats supported him” Published on X. “They change their minds to fit the narrative that suits them. That’s why they can’t be trusted.”

“Democrats once said that ‘no sane country’ would grant birthright citizenship to illegal aliens,” Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) said. Published on X. “Breaking our laws is now rewarded with full U.S. citizenship and access to every government benefit. SCOTUS must put an end to this exploitation once and for all!”

“Harry Reid was right” You. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Published on X

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Demonstrators with opposing views engage in verbal sparring ahead of President Donald Trump’s arrival at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Tom Brenner/AP)

Another Democrat, the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, also trended on social media in recent days after similar comments about immigration were viewed more than 8 million times. Posted by MAZEA conservative influencer account at X.

“Should you have a system where people can come to this country even if they are wealthy?” Feinstein said in 1993: Get on Medicaid and have a baby, then come back. The answer is no! And we know that in the state of California, Medicaid laws have been used and abused to do just that. “I’d like to see that stop.”

The resurfaced posts come as the Trump administration argues at the Supreme Court in favor of an executive order signed on the president’s first day in office that aims to end automatic citizenship for nearly all people born in the United States to undocumented parents or parents with temporary nonimmigrant visas in the United States.

The high-stakes case has scrutinized more than a century of executive branch action, Supreme Court precedent, and the text of the Constitution itself—or, more specifically, the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, which the administration argues has been misinterpreted in the more than 100 years since its adoption.

Fox News Digital’s Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.