REP. CORREA APPLAUDS SCOTUS FOR UPHOLDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Trump v. Barbara upholding birthright citizenship as outlined by the 14^th Amendment:

"I am pleased that the Supreme Court has overturned President Trump's unconstitutional executive order dismantling birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14^th Amendment to the Constitution and I am relieved the Supreme Court has stopped President Trump's defiance of what has been the law of the land for 150 years. As President Ronald Reagan, the great Californian, once reminded us, what makes America great is that anyone can become an American." said Rep. Correa.

"This decision preserves the rights of all children born in the United States to be American citizens. President Trump tried to create a class of people born without citizenship to further divide Americans, failing to recognize that the ability for anyone born in this country to be an American is what makes us exceptional. The highest court in the land has upheld the most fundamental American truth-that all are created equal."

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