Federal Court Strikes Down Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Citing the Barbara SCOTUS ruling
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declared Executive Order 14160 (Executive Order) unconstitutional because it violates the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, upholding the constitutional principle that children born in the US are citizens at birth regardless of their parent’s immigration status. This is the first time a federal court has issued a final judgment by applying the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. Barbara, which reaffirmed the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice-AAJC) and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (WLC) filed a lawsuit on behalf of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates (OCA) and individuals impacted by Executive Order challenging the administration’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship.
Advancing Justice – AAJC, WLC, and OCA issue the following statement in response:
“Today’s judgment confirms what the Constitution has guaranteed for more than 150 years: children born in the United States are citizens of the United States. Even after the Supreme Court unequivocally ruled that birthright citizenship is a fundamental constitutional right, President Trump and his administration released two more executive orders searching for ways to abridge that constitutional right, this time relying on racialized fearmongering and stereotypical anti-Chinese rhetoric about the motives of the parents of children born in the United States. This order from a federal court serves as a reminder that the President does not have the power to rewrite the Fourteenth Amendment or create categories of children who are somehow less entitled to its protections. We will continue to defend birthright citizenship against every unlawful attempt to weaken it.”
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