Today, First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to Sen. Jacky Rosen, author of S. 646, which prohibits the use of federal funds to carry out President Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Order 14160 to gut the Fourteenth Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause, to express our strong support for to the bill.
Excerpt from the letter:
Beyond the immediate harm to affected children, restricting birthright citizenship would have long-term negative effects on the U.S. economy. Immigrant communities, including their U.S.- born children, play a crucial role in driving economic growth. The proposed EO 14160 would create generations of disenfranchised individuals, limiting their ability to fully participate in society and reducing their economic mobility and contributions to society. At a time when our nation’s population is rapidly aging and will need a strong, robust younger generation to ensure a continued thriving economy and funding to pay for programs like Social Security and Medicare for older generations, it makes little to no sense to cut the number of younger U.S. citizens and to create significant impediments and barriers to the potential wellbeing and success of millions of children over time.