BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP IS NON-NEGOTIABLE

OPEIU applauds today's Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Barbara to uphold birthright citizenship. Under the United States Constitution, everyone born in the United States is a citizen at birth.

President Trump's efforts to undermine this foundational right are part and parcel of his overall strategy to divide, demonize and otherize non-white people to further his xenophobic agenda. While millions still live in fear of the president's radical immigration agenda - one we are combatting in coalition with the entire labor movement - this court ruling provides significant relief and clarity for working people whose citizenship was left in doubt by the president's shameful, and now voided, executive order.