Summary of Argument

In our brief, Dēmos, Campaign Legal Center, and Common Cause argue that the Citizen Stripping Order would deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are undocumented, as well as to parents who have lawful but temporary status. As every court to address the issue has held, the Citizenship Stripping Order is a gross betrayal of the guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment makes clear that birth in the United States—and not parentage or any other class, caste, or distinction—guarantees the rights and duties of citizenship. 

Our brief argues that birthright citizenship is central to American democratic equality. It is fundamental to securing one’s own political freedom and civic participation, and it determines access to critical public programs.  

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