Attorney General Jeff Jackson released the below statement after the United States Supreme Court rejected the federal administration’s executive order on birthright citizenship. Attorney General Jackson challenged the executive order, arguing that it invalidated the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. 

“The Constitution is clear. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to any person born on U.S. soil. The Supreme Court has upheld that principle for over a century, so when an executive order tried to end it and deny children born in this country their constitutional rights, I challenged it. Now, the Supreme Court has thrown out the executive order entirely. It’s done. Today’s ruling solidifies what we already knew: This executive order was plainly unconstitutional, and children born in this country are American citizens.” – AG Jackson