Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall applauded the United States Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to stay injunctions against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
The 20-state amicus brief that Attorney General Marshall signed onto in March made the case that President Trump’s executive order is constitutional and reflects the original meaning of the 14th Amendment. The coalition’s brief also cited evidence that up to 250,000 U.S. births per year, “about 7% of all births in the United States, and more than births in any State besides Texas or California—were to illegal immigrants.”
“For years, federal courts have claimed the power to rule over the nation through universal injunctions. Today, the Supreme Court has finally put a stop to this judicial activism, which has abused our constitutional separation of powers for too long,” Marshall said. “President Trump’s lawful order on so-called birthright citizenship should go into effect, but I have no doubt those working to undermine our immigration laws will try new tactics. Rest assured that as our coalition of states celebrates this victory, we will continue to fight for President Trump’s America First agenda.”
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