John,
It's Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes. I have an update on one of the most important cases I've ever filed. But first, to keep me in this fight, can you rush a donation of $10 to my re-election campaign?
The Supreme Court will hear our lawsuit challenging Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship.
On January 20th — Trump's first day back in office — he signed an executive order declaring that babies born in the United States would no longer automatically be citizens if their parents were undocumented or temporary visitors.
I sued him the same day.
I called it "unconstitutional" and "bizarre." Because it is. The 14th Amendment has guaranteed birthright citizenship since 1868. The Supreme Court affirmed it in 1898. It's been settled law for more than a century.
But Trump thinks he can rewrite the Constitution with an executive order.
Here's what's at stake: If Trump's order goes into effect, babies born to undocumented parents or temporary visitors would be "rendered undocumented, subject to removal or detention, and many will be stateless — that is, citizens of no country at all."
The consequences for Arizona families are real:
- Hospitals would have to determine parents' legal status before issuing birth certificates
- Birth certificates couldn't be used to get driver's licenses, register to vote, or access federal benefits like Medicaid
- Arizona could lose hundreds of millions in federal Medicaid funding, leaving the state or hospitals to pick up the tab
- The Department of Child Safety couldn't place children with relatives if those children lack legal status
As I said when I filed the lawsuit: "It is designed to intimidate with cruelty and chaos."
This executive order has nothing to do with national security or protecting American jobs. It's Trump trying to undermine 150 years of jurisprudence and the 14th Amendment.
I don't think voters in Arizona — whoever they voted for — ever thought they'd be voting to destroy birthright citizenship.
Now the Supreme Court will decide.
I filed this case alongside attorneys general from Washington, Oregon, and Illinois. We won at the district court level. We won at the appellate court level. Now we're at the Supreme Court.
The plain language says: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
It doesn't get clearer than that. Can you chip in today to help me keep fighting Trump's unconstitutional power grabs?
I've sued Trump 29 times because he keeps violating the Constitution. This case might be the most important one yet.
Thanks for having my back,
- Kris
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