LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON THE SUPREME COURT’S DECISION SAFEGUARDING BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

The Supreme Court finally affirmed, by applying the law and being guided by the Constitution, that all persons born in the United States are American citizens. There is, and shall be, no question. Donald Trump’s disgraceful actions as it relates to the Birthright Citizenship Clause are clearly unlawful and an assault on our way of life.

The 14th Amendment was enshrined in our Constitution during Reconstruction to ensure that formerly enslaved Black people would not have their citizenship questioned on the basis of their race. More than 150 years later, it has withstood the unconstitutional attack launched by Donald Trump and his most sycophantic and xenophobic enablers. On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, the far-right MAGA conservatives have failed in their quest to remake the United States, and American values have prevailed.

House Democrats will never let these extremists win, and we will always defend our defining values of freedom and democracy.