Cortez Masto Joins Rosen, Durbin, Senate Democrats in Demanding Supreme Court Protect Birthright Citizenship Against Trump Attacks

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and 26 of her Senate colleagues in requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court protect birthright citizenship and strike down Donald Trump's unconstitutional attempts to take it away. Alongside colleagues from the House of Representatives, the senators filed an amicus brief in Trump v. Barbara, currently before the Supreme Court, with oral arguments scheduled for April 1, 2026, in which they argue that Trump's Executive Order to strip automatic citizenship from children born in the United States violates the U.S. Constitution and over a century of Supreme Court rulings, as well as laws enacted by Congress.

"This brief simply asks the Supreme Court to uphold what we all know to be true: the U.S. Constitution says that children born in the United States are American citizens," said Senator Cortez Masto. "President Trump's attack on American citizens is cruel, wrong, and plainly unconstitutional."

The full amicus brief can be found HERE.

The first and only Latina senator, Senator Cortez Masto has strongly supported immigrant communities, calling on both administrations to protect TPS holders and other immigrants, as well as leading commonsense legislation to fix our broken immigration system. Cortez Masto helped introduce the Born in the USA Act to effectively block the implementation of President Trump's unconstitutional Executive Order attempting to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States. She has worked to pass meaningful immigration reform that balances critical border security measures with a path to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, and essential workers.

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