Friends, I'm continuing the fight to defend birthright citizenship in the Supreme Court — and I want to share an update with you on where we are:
On day one of his second term, Trump signed an executive order attempting to toss out birthright citizenship.
I sued him within hours, and then we went on to repeatedly obtain nationwide injunctions by lower courts blocking Trump's order from taking effect.
But Trump hasn't given up the fight. So last week, I co-led a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara, a case before the Supreme Court that was brought by a class of children who would lose their citizenship under Donald Trump's order.
Let's be clear about what's at stake here if Trump's unlawful executive order is allowed to stand: Hundreds of thousands of children born each year would be stripped of their ability to fully and fairly participate in our society as American citizens.
They would lose their most basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution.
They would be forced to live under threat of deportation, and some would be stateless, without a home country to return to.
Babies born here in the U.S. are rightful U.S. citizens — period.
The text of the Constitution and more than a century of legal precedent make clear that birthright citizenship is an American right, and Donald Trump can't unilaterally undo that with unlawful executive action.
At the end of the day, every single branch of government, across administrations, has affirmed birthright citizenship — and that's why I'm urging the Supreme Court to continue to uphold this right.
I will keep fighting to defend birthright citizenship and the rule of law, but taking on this administration takes resources. If you agree that every child born in this country is a rightful citizen, you can help support this critical work by chipping in to my re-election campaign today.
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