DeLauro Statement on Supreme Court Decision Empowering Trump Administration’s Attacks on Birthright Citizenship
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) issued the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA:
“Since 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. The Trump Administration is trying to end birthright citizenship, but had been barred from doing so by a nationwide injunction.
This ruling from the Supreme Court upends that nationwide injunction. This means that for now, birthright citizenship is no longer protected at a national level. Instead, Americans’ birthright status now depends on the decisions of the lower court districts where they live. This will create chaos and confusion across the country.
The Court did not rule on the substance of birthright citizenship, which it will have to take up at a later time. I will fight to see this disastrous decision overturned, because every child born in America is a citizen."