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Asian Law Caucus Statement on New Executive Orders Attempting to Undermine Birthright Citizenship
SAN FRANCISCO – Today the Trump administration issued two new executive orders that attack birthright citizenship. The orders follow the Supreme Court’s June decision in Trump v. Barbara, which reaffirmed the Fourteenth Amendment and invalidated the January 20, 2025 Executive Order on birthright citizenship.
Asian Law Caucus, co-counsel in Trump v. Barbara and the nation’s first Asian American legal and civil rights organization, issued the following statement from Executive Director Aarti Kohli:
“This is a cynical distraction from a flailing administration – and AAPI and immigrant families would pay the price. The Constitution – as the Supreme Court already affirmed in June – does not allow the government to pick and choose which children born in this country belong. This is a desperate end run around the Court’s decision based on made-up legal theories. The administration already lost once and it will lose again.
“Asian Law Caucus fought this administration’s attacks on birthright citizenship from day one. Our work carries forward the legacy of Fred Korematsu, whose family, like thousands of Japanese Americans, was branded a so-called “alien enemy” in 1942 and whose conviction we helped overturn in 1983. Today’s unlawful orders revive that same label to decide which babies count as American. Our commitment is clear: we will continue to defend birthright citizenship and protect the AAPI and immigrant families these actions target.”