{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ramirez-statement-trumps-plan-end-constitutional-birthright", "Congresswoman Ramirez Statement on Trump\u2019s Plan to End Constitutional Birthright Citizenship", "2024-12-09", "2024", "2024-12", "Democrat", "House", "IL", "Delia C. Ramirez", "R000617", "ramirez.house.gov", "ramirez", "https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, DC\u2014 Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Vice Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee and proud daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, released the following statement after incoming president Donald Trump doubled down on his unconstitutional plan to end birthright citizenship:\n\n\u201c\u2018Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.\u2019 It is important to remember who we are, where many of us came from, and why many of our families traveled here to be greeted by the Mother of Exiles, the Statue of Liberty. The story of our nation wouldn't be complete without the sweat, tears, joy, dreams, and hopes of so many children of immigrants who are citizens by birthright and pride themselves on being AMERICANS. It is the story of so many IL-03 communities, strengthened by the immigration of people from Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Mexico, and Guatemala, among others. It is the story of many members of Congress who can point to the citizenship of their forebears and ancestors because of immigration and birthright.\n\nLet\u2019s be clear: Trump is posing the question of who gets to be an American to our nation. And given that today\u2019s migrants are from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin and Central America, it is clear he is questioning who are the \u201cright\u201d people to benefit from birthright citizenship. Questioning birthright citizenship is anti-American, and eliminating it through executive action is unconstitutional. Donald Trump knows that. But emboldened by a Supreme Court that would use its power to uphold white supremacy rather than the constitution of our nation, Trump is on a mission to weaken the very soul of our nation.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T22:13:55Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ramirez-statement-trumps-plan-end-constitutional-birthright"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.0431710183620453, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}