Birthright Citizenship Order / NPR

Democratic lawmakers on June 30 welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, calling it a reaffirmation of the Fourteenth Amendment and a victory for immigrant families.

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) said the Court correctly recognized that Trump's executive order was unconstitutional.

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— Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) (@RepSuhas) June 30, 2026

"I'm glad the courts recognized that President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order was a blatant and unconstitutional attempt to strip citizenship from children of immigrants all across the country," Subramanyam said in a statement.

He said immigrants "have served our country in so many ways and contributed to the success of our economy," adding, "Make no mistake: they are American."

Subramanyam also pledged to continue advocating for immigration reform, saying, "We will continue to push for long overdue, commonsense immigration reform and fight this administration's blatant immigration overreach."

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) also praised the ruling, saying it reaffirmed constitutional protections against executive overreach.

Donald Trump is not a king, and he cannot, with the stroke of a pen, change our Constitution.

Today’s Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship rightly reaffirms that if you are born in America, you are American, plain and simple. pic.twitter.com/xVMDVa0H5e

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 30, 2026

"Donald Trump is not a king, and he cannot, with the stroke of a pen, change our Constitution," Jayapal wrote on X. "The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship, and this attempt to overturn it was yet another piece of his anti-immigrant, xenophobic agenda."

She added, "Today's ruling rightly reaffirms that if you are born in America, you are American, plain and simple."

Jayapal said she hoped the ruling would "settle this issue once and for all," urging Trump to stop issuing executive orders that she described as "clearly illegal, anti-immigrant and traumatizing to Americans across the country and families who feared their children would be born stateless."

"This cruelty must stop. At least in this case, the majority of Supreme Court justices did the right thing," she said.

Rep. Ami Bera (CA-06) welcomed the ruling while criticizing the Court's broader record.

Wow. This Supreme Court got something right for once by protecting birthright citizenship.

At least I know John Roberts knows how to read the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/ZIvObFvc8f

— Ami Bera, M.D. (@RepBera) June 30, 2026

In a video statement, Bera said, "Wow, this Supreme Court got something right by protecting birthright citizenship."

He added, "At least I know John Roberts knows how to read the Constitution. Maybe he did go to law school and study constitutional law, but they've gotten so much else wrong. Well, at least today they got something right."

Rep. Shri Thanedar (MI-13) also applauded the decision on X. Virginia Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi said the ruling reaffirmed one of the Constitution's core promises.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just REJECTED Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship.

— Congressman Shri Thanedar (@RepShriThanedar) June 30, 2026

"Today's decision reaffirms one of the most fundamental promises of the Fourteenth Amendment: that every child born in the United States is a citizen, regardless of their parents' immigration status," Hashmi said in a statement.

(1/2) I released the following statement after today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship:

“Today’s decision reaffirms one of the most fundamental promises of the Fourteenth Amendment: that every child born in the United States is a citizen, regardless

— Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi (@ltgovhashmi) June 30, 2026

She added, "This ruling upholds our Constitution, protects countless families from fear and uncertainty, and affirms that citizenship is not a partisan tool."

The Supreme Court on June 30 ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end automatic birthright citizenship violates the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause, which guarantees U.S. citizenship to nearly everyone born on American soil. 

The order sought to deny citizenship to children born in the United States unless at least one parent was a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. The decision leaves intact more than a century of constitutional precedent established by the Court's 1898 United States v. Wong Kim Ark ruling and marks a significant setback for the administration's immigration agenda.

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