Next Wednesday, April 1st, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for our case Trump v. Barbara. Together with ACLU National, ACLU affiliates across New England, and other advocates, we are traveling to D.C. to defend the core American promise that anyone born here is a U.S. citizen and part of our national community.

You can follow along by listening to the arguments live on the Supreme Court website. Arguments should begin at 10 a.m.

Birthright citizenship is the principle that every baby born in the United States is a U.S. citizen. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the citizenship of all children born in the United States (with the extremely narrow exception of children of foreign diplomats) regardless of race, color, or ancestry. Specifically, it states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”

Barbara v. Trump charges the Trump administration with flouting the Constitution, congressional intent, and longstanding Supreme Court precedent – and it is national in scope.

The case was filed by the ACLU of Maine, ACLU, ACLU of New Hampshire, ACLU of Massachusetts, Legal Defense Fund, Asian Law Caucus, and Democracy Defenders Fund on behalf of a proposed class of babies subject to the executive order, and their parents.