New York, NY—Today, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) sided with Donald Trump in Trump v. CASA, granting his request to narrow the multiple nationwide injunctions that had blocked his Executive Order to end birthright citizenship. The court did not rule specifically on the legality of Trump’s Executive Order to end birthright citizenship. This decision follows oral arguments heard by the Supreme Court last month, where justices appeared inclined to maintain a block on efforts supercharged by the Trump administration to restrict birthright citizenship.
Murad Awawdeh, President and CEO, New York Immigration Coalition:
“By narrowing nationwide injunctions, the Court has opened the door for Trump to advance his dangerous and unconstitutional attempt to end birthright citizenship–a right clearly guaranteed by the 14th Amendment for more than 150 years. This same Supreme Court never thought to say that the many national injunctions and stays that it upheld against the Biden Administration were outside the judiciary’s power to enact. Today’s ruling shows that the Supreme Court now operates as an extension of Donald Trump’s political will, empowering Trump to escalate his anti-immigrant agenda with fewer legal checks and threatening the safety, dignity, and future of millions of Americans. Trump has made it clear that he will stop at nothing to tear immigrant families apart and rewrite the very meaning of who gets to belong in this country. We will not stand by as Trump and his enablers undermine our Constitution to try to erase these rights of our communities.”