FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 1, 2026

MEDIA CONTACT: 

e: jessica.myers@mail.house.gov

c: 202.913.0126

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

“Out of the ruins of the Civil War, birthright citizenship emerged as a foundation upon which this nation could rebuild stronger and more whole than before. It has faced increasingly hackneyed legal challenges rooted in bigotry, fear, or both in the nearly two centuries since, and each time, it has endured. And that is because the 14th Amendment’s promise of citizenship to all those born on our soil is unambiguous. But Donald Trump has never believed the Constitution should come before his prejudices. His unprecedented decision to attend today’s oral arguments in the Supreme Court is nothing more than a deeply cheap intimidation tactic against a coequal branch of government, borne of the same desperation and disrespect for the law that have defined his presidency since Day 1. He will fail, and so will his despicable effort to punish the people and communities who represent the true story of America, and not his sick, supremacist distortion.”

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