FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

June 30, 2026

MEDIA CONTACT: 

e: jessica.myers@mail.house.gov

c: 202.913.0126

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) issued the following statement:

“As it has been since 1868, and as it will remain in permanent glory, birthright citizenship is the law of our land. Today, the Supreme Court affirmed an obvious truth in this nation: that a child of any refugee is as equally American as any descendant of the Revolution, with the same rights, opportunities, and possibilities afforded to them. With the 250th anniversary of the founding of these United States only days away, how fitting it is that our sestercentennial celebration should coincide with this monumental victory for a fundamental American institution. Despite today’s ruling, and despite the unambiguity of the promise of birthright citizenship, we must understand this battle to protect birthright citizenship is ongoing. While a moral president would accept this result, or more accurately, would never have escalated his despicable, nonsensical challenge to this point, I have little expectation that he or his administration will receive their defeat with anything but vengeance. Their war emerged out of a fundamental misunderstanding of America’s past greatness, and a twisted vision for our future. It will continue through the same falsehoods. But it is no matter. Donald Trump’s bigotry may have overtaken his heart and consumed his political movement, but it will never overtake America. Birthright citizenship is not going anywhere, and neither are we.”

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