“America’s moms are breathing a sigh of relief that the U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s effort to undermine, with a stroke of his pen, a bedrock right that has been enshrined in our Constitution for 150 years. Birthright citizenship has made our nation stronger and more successful. The contributions of our immigrant friends, neighbors, family members, and colleagues have driven our economic progress throughout our history. Immigrants today are our doctors and nurses, teachers, business owners, child and elder care providers, construction and farm workers, and community and family members. Without their contributions, our care and affordability crises would be even worse, and our national debt even larger.

“President Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship is part of his shameful, ugly, racist agenda, and it is causing immense harm. While the Court protected the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, it also left hundreds of thousands of U.S citizen children at risk of losing something just as fundamental: the ability to grow up with their parents. We remain deeply disturbed by last week’s SCOTUS ruling in Mullin v. Doe, in which the Court gave the President the power to deport hundreds of thousands of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, who are in the United States legally and many of whom are the parents of children who are U.S. citizens.

“Moms are urging Congress to pass permanent protections that ensure TPS holders can continue contributing to the communities they call home, keep families together, and provide long-term stability. Our nation needs a safe and orderly immigration process that balances compassion and security, not cruelty. Congress and the courts should reject every part of the Trump administration’s racist, divisive, mean-spirited anti-immigrant agenda.”