The Fourteenth Amendment explicitly guarantees citizenship to all individuals born in the U.S., regardless of their parents’ immigrant status. This principle was reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898), establishing a legal precedent that has remained unchallenged for over a century. Attempts to bypass this constitutional guarantee through an executive order is both unlawful and unconstitutional. Why This Executive Order Must Be Rescinded 1. Violates the U.S. Constitution: The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to all individuals born in the United States, regardless of their parents’ immigration status. Denying federal benefits to U.S. citizens undermines this foundational principle and sets a dangerous precedent. 2. Unjustly Punishes U.S. Citizens Born to Immigrants: Denying basic rights and services to U.S. citizen children based on their parents’ immigration status creates an undue hardship, perpetuates inequality, and contravenes our nation’s values of fairness and justice. 3. Intentionally Sows Chaos in Government: Federal agencies tasked with implementing this order would face immense legal and logistical challenges. This policy would result in discrimination, disorder, wrongful denials of services with no right to appeal, inconsistent interpretations of the law between federal and state governments, and a continued loss of trust in government institutions. 4. Harms Public Health and Safety: Restricting access to government-issued identification like U.S. passports and social security cards, lunch programs, healthcare access like SNAP, federal student aid, and other essential services for U.S. citizens based on their parents’ immigration status endangers their well-being as well as that of our larger community, and will lead to devastating social, political, public health, and economic consequences. A presidential executive order cannot set aside birthright citizenship. Only a constitutional amendment to the Fourteenth Amendment may terminate birthright citizenship. This can only be achieved by two-thirds majority vote in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and then ratification by two-thirds of the State legislatures.