MoveOn on SCOTUS Ruling on Birthright Citizenship
WASHINGTON – In response to the Supreme Court ruling issued today on whether President Trump’s executive order to revise the 14th Amendment can move forward, MoveOn Civic Action spokesperson Britt Jacovich released the following statement:
“The Supreme Court has just made it easier for Trump to take away your rights. The court has a responsibility to serve as a check against any president attempting to abuse their power, and instead they’re bending the knee to Trump.
Trump is seeking outsized power to tell us who gets to be an American. This is a brazen attempt to upend legal citizenship in this country. Along with his campaign to terrorize communities, churches, and classrooms with mass deportation raids, he’s trying to take away people’s freedom to live in the country they have called home their entire lives.
Trump’s bogus challenge to birthright citizenship is another hallmark of his overreaching and chaotic presidency. From trying to kick 16 million people off of their health care to trying to kick U.S. citizens out of the country, Trump has done nothing but make all of our lives worse.”
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