Jayapal Statement on SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, released the following statement regarding today's ruling from the Supreme Court upholding the right to birthright citizenship in the United States in the case of Trump v. Barbara.

"Donald Trump is not a king, and he cannot, with the stroke of a pen, change our Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship, and this attempt to overturn it was yet another piece of his anti-immigrant, xenophobic agenda. Today's ruling rightly reaffirms that if you are born in America, you are American, plain and simple.

"This ruling should settle this issue once in for all. I hope it is a signal to Donald Trump to stop putting forward executive orders that are clearly illegal, anti-immigrant and traumatizing to Americans across the country, and families who feared their children would be born stateless. This cruelty must stop. At least in this case, the majority of Supreme Court justices did the right thing."

Jayapal helped to lead an amicus brief in the case, which was signed by over 200 Members of Congress.

Issues: Immigration