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BROOKLYN, NY – In response to today's U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling rejecting the Presidential Administration’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship, Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, issued the following statement:
“Children born in America should not have to prove they belong here because of where their parents came from, what language their family speaks, or the color of their skin. Birthright citizenship is a constitutional right and a fundamental human right. No president can erase it by executive order.
As the largest Democratic county party in the nation, Brooklyn Democrats have a responsibility to lead when our Constitutional rights are under attack. This fight is deeply personal: immigrants are the backbone of Brooklyn, and their children continue to help build the most diverse city in America.
One ruling reaffirming our rights does not end this fight. The President is attacking those rights blow by blow, including through efforts this week to revoke TPS protections for Haitian and Syrian families.
While the Supreme Court was wrong in this week’s TPS ruling, today’s decision is a resounding rebuke. Brooklyn Democrats will keep fighting to ensure immigrant families remain safe, protected, and welcome.
The President does not get to decide which children born in America count as citizens. The Constitution does.”
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