Attorney General Raúl Torrez issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today in Barbara v. Trump, reaffirming the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.

“Today’s decision reaffirms one of the clearest promises in the United States Constitution: if you are born on American soil, you are an American citizen. The Citizenship Clause is not subject to political whims or presidential decree, it is a constitutional guarantee that has been settled law for more than 150 years. President Trump’s executive order was a blatant abuse of executive authority that sought to rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen. The Supreme Court rightly rejected that effort and reaffirmed that no president has the power to strip constitutional rights from children born in this country. The rule of law prevailed today, and families across America can have confidence that this fundamental constitutional protection remains secure.” – AG Torrez