The Hispanic Caucus in Congress is expressing intense anger over the Supreme Court’s recent decision, which restricts lower courts from issuing national injunctions and allows President Donald Trump to advance his executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship.
In the case Trump vs. Casa, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that district judges overstepped their authority by blocking the administration’s agenda with a nationwide injunction.
The Open Borders Group had attempted to file a lawsuit against Trump’s executive order, which seeks to suspend citizenship for individuals born in the U.S.
The Trump administration contended that the district judges who obstructed the order did not possess the power to issue such a national injunction.
After the ruling, the Hispanic Caucus criticized both Trump and the Supreme Court, asserting that the administration poses a threat to infants by allowing immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) to act against them.
“I am extremely concerned about the Supreme Court’s reckless decision to allow the Trump administration to potentially deny millions of U.S.-born babies their citizenship within 30 days,” said Caucus Speaker Adriano Espaillat in a statement.
“Let’s be clear: President Trump is entirely accountable for the chaos that will ensue following his executive order. This is his cruelty and his court.
[Emphasis added]The Supreme Court’s decision regarding national injunctions endangers millions of American newborns by making them vulnerable to the arbitrary actions of immigration agents under Trump. Again: This administration targets innocent families, and we will resist. [Emphasis added]
Espaillat further noted that the ruling by the Supreme Court could divide the nation into “Free States and Trump States,” underlining the Caucus’s focus on the issue of “Anchor Babies,” a term often used to describe children of undocumented immigrants who are born in the U.S.
“This struggle is not finished. We still need to proceed with the case in court based on its merits. As various judges have pointed out, the interpretation of the 14th Amendment is not up for debate,” Espaillat stated. “Anyone born in this country is a U.S. citizen, with very few exceptions, like children of diplomats or those born to invading forces. That’s final.”
