{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-statement-on-supreme-court-ruling-to-protect-birthright-citizenship/", "Welch\u00a0Statement on\u00a0Supreme Court\u00a0Ruling to Protect Birthright Citizenship", "2026-06-30", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "Senate", "VT", "Peter Welch", "W000800", "www.welch.senate.gov", "welch", "https://www.welch.senate.gov/category/press-release/page/", "scraper", "BURLINGTON, VT\u2014U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, released the following statement in reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Trump v. Barbara, which overturns Executive Order 14160, President Trump\u2019s illegal attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship\u2014a constitutional right granted under the Fourteenth Amendment:\n\n\u201cThe 14th Amendment of our Constitution is clear: if you are born in America, you are an American citizen. It\u2019s not up for debate. Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed what we know to be true\u2014the president\u2019s executive order attempting to overturn birthright citizenship was an illegal overreach and wrong,\u201d said Senator Welch. \u201cThis administration leads with chaos and is hell bent on advancing its mass deportation campaign. The president\u2019s attempt to subvert the clear words of the Constitution would have stripped citizenship, rights, and protections from American children while creating chaos and confusion for millions of our fellow citizens. Thankfully, the Supreme Court has stepped in to block this policy.\n\nWelch concluded: \u201cCitizenship means embracing the responsibilities every one of us has to promote the ideals that everyone is created equal and has an opportunity to contribute to the betterment of our society. Every child born in this country deserves that opportunity.\u201d\n\nSenator Welch has emphasized the grave dangers of President Trump\u2019s executive order aiming to terminate birthright citizenship during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings and outlined how Americans\u2019 constitutional and civil rights are being violated under the Trump Administration. The Senator is a cosponsor of the Born in the USA Act, legislation aimed at blocking the implementation of President Trump\u2019s executive order to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States. The legislation would prevent any government funds from being used to carry out or enforce this directive.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-01T06:34:07Z", "2026-07-01T06:35:35Z"]], "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://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-statement-on-supreme-court-ruling-to-protect-birthright-citizenship/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 3.3486150205135345, "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"}