Immigrants, community advocates, and elected officials gathered in New York to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision reaffirming birthright citizenship, calling it a major victory for immigrant families and constitutional rights.
The Court ruled 6-3 that children born in the United States are citizens regardless of their parents’ immigration status, rejecting efforts by the Trump administration to restrict the long-standing protections guaranteed under the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Haitian immigrant Abby, who has lived in the United States for more than three decades under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, said the decision brought enormous relief to her family. She recalled the uncertainty she experienced while pregnant after President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.
“Every day… I wondered if my newborn would be considered a U.S. citizen,” she said. “I was anxious, worried, sad.”
Immigration attorney Harold Solis of Make the Road New York described the ruling as a reaffirmation of a constitutional principle that has stood for more than 150 years.
“Today’s decision reaffirms our position, and reaffirms what many people in this nation have known for over 150 years to be true,” Solis said.
Advocacy groups welcomed the ruling but cautioned that the broader fight over immigration policy is far from over. They noted that while the decision protects birthright citizenship, other legal and policy battles affecting immigrant communities remain ongoing.
The ruling blocks one of the Trump administration’s most significant immigration initiatives and preserves the constitutional guarantee that nearly all children born on U.S. soil automatically become American citizens, regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
