Defending Birthright Citizenship
The ACLU is at the Supreme Court for oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara. Follow live coverage of the fight to defend birthright citizenship.
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A Message From The ACLU’s Trump v. Barbara Case Team
We're arguing in front of the Supreme Court today on behalf of every child born in the United States.
President Trump wants to strip away the right to birthright citizenship – the core principle that children born in America are citizens of America, with very limited exceptions. He wants to overturn over a century of Supreme Court precedent, law, and our very Constitution. He thinks that he alone can redefine who belongs in this country and what it means to be American. He's wrong.
Our ACLU community has shown up en masse to support the Constitution – from the over 315,000 people who signed our petition and whose names we're displaying in D.C. with us, to the hundreds rallying outside the Supreme Court right now to cheer our legal team on.
As we head into the court today, we'll be thinking about supporters like you — and the thousands of families and children we're fighting for. Together, we'll defend this American promise.