(Washington, D.C., 6/30/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) welcomes today’s Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Barbara, which upheld the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship and rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to deny citizenship to children born in the United States based on their parents’ immigration status.
In its ruling, the Court affirmed that children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present are “citizens at birth” under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause. The decision blocks Executive Order 14160, signed by President Trump on January 20, 2025, which sought to deny citizenship to U.S.-born children when neither parent was a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.
In a statement, USCMO Secretary General Oussama Jammal said:
“This ruling is a victory for the Constitution, for immigrant families, and for the very idea of America. Birthright citizenship is not a loophole, a privilege, or a political favor. It is a constitutional guarantee rooted in the promise that no child born in this country should be denied belonging because of their parents’ background, immigration status, faith, language, or national origin.”
The Fourteenth Amendment was adopted after the Civil War to repudiate the shameful legacy of Dred Scott v. Sandford and ensure that citizenship could not be denied based on race, ancestry, or inherited status. For more than a century, the Supreme Court’s 1898 decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark has affirmed the principle that children born on U.S. soil are citizens, with only narrow exceptions. Today’s ruling reaffirms that enduring constitutional promise.
President Trump’s executive order represented a dangerous attempt to rewrite the Constitution through executive action and create a new class of children born in America but denied full membership in the nation they call home. Such efforts threaten not only immigrant communities, but the stability, equality, and moral foundation of American democracy.
As American Muslims, many of us come from families whose stories reflect the best of this country: sacrifice, hard work, faith, service, and the pursuit of a better future. America’s strength has never come from exclusion. It comes from the diversity of its people and the belief that individuals of every race, religion, and background can contribute to the common good.
USCMO calls on the administration, Congress, and all elected officials to respect this ruling, reject xenophobic attacks on immigrant communities, and protect the equal citizenship rights of every child born in the United States.
America is at its best when it lives up to its founding promises. Today, the Supreme Court affirmed that citizenship belongs to the Constitution, not to the politics of fear.
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