What does the Supreme Court’s decision on nationwide injunctions and birthright citizenship mean for Southern California?
What does the Supreme Court’s decision on nationwide injunctions and birthright citizenship mean for Southern California?
A slate of Democratic attorneys general struck a tone of hope Friday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court curbed nationwide injunctions that challenge the Trump administration‘s policies while leaving the fate of birthright citizenship a bit unclear.
Calling the decision a “mixed bag,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there are still “some signs of hope.”
“First and foremost, birthright citizenship stands for now,” Bonta said, referring to President Donald Trump’s executive order from his first day in office that seemingly sought to upend birthright citizenship.
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Birthright citizenship automatically makes anyone born in the U.S. an American citizen, including children born to mothers in the country illegally. The right was enshrined soon after the Civil War in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
Bonta co-led the multi-state coalition that sued the Trump administration in January, challenging the order.
The injunction blocking Trump’s executive order is still in place for the states that challenged it, including California, Washington Attorney General Nick Brown said Friday morning.
But Trump, in his own news conference Friday morning, said he would move to advance his proposed restrictions on birthright citizenship and other policies that have been blocked by district courts.
Bonta, though, said “the fight is far from over,” vowing to continue to challenge the birthright citizenship executive order.
“The rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution belong to everyone in this country, not just those whose state attorneys general had the courage to stand up to this president’s anti-democratic agenda,” he said.
“The Supreme Court’s decision allows the lower courts to further consider the scope of the district court’s nationwide injunction — which we believe is clearly necessary to provide full relief to the states. We remain hopeful that the courts will see that a patchwork of injunctions is unworkable, creating administrative chaos for California and others and harm to countless families across our country.”
Republicans heralded Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court “has ruled. No more abusive nationwide injunctions,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Temecula, in a post on X.
And regarding birthright citizenship, Trump argued that the 14th Amendment was never intended to be used as it has been applied in modern times.
“That was meant for the babies of slaves. It wasn’t meant for people trying to scam the system and come into the country on a vacation,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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