The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to reject the Trump administration’s attempt to gut birthright citizenship.
CAIR previously joined other faith-based advocacy organizations in submitting an amicus brief supporting birthright citizenship.
The Supreme Court today issued a ruling in Trump v. Barbara regarding the constitutionality of President Trump’s attempt to upend more than a century of settled law on birthright citizenship. In 2025, President Trump issued an order that would deny citizenship to U.S.-born children unless at least one parent is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.
In the amicus brief to the court by many different organizations, CAIR stated:
“CAIR recognizes that birthright citizenship is one of the Constitution’s most important and fundamental guarantees. Removing this guarantee would upend the Constitution, spark widespread confusion, and potentially strip an untold number of Americans—including some American Muslims—of their lifelong status as Americans, none of which the Constitution requires.”
In a statement today, Washington, D.C., based CAIR said:
“We welcome the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Constitution and reject this misguided effort to undermine one of our most fundamental rights. Stripping away birthright citizenship would have created chaos, threatened the rights of millions, and eroded the very foundation of our nation.
“The Constitution is clear: anyone born in the United States, with few technical exceptions, is a citizen of this nation. This longstanding principle, rooted in the 14th Amendment, has helped define who we are as a country for more than a century. We are relieved that the Supreme Court has protected the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship.”
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com