La senadora Catherine Cortez Masto se unió a Jacky Rosen y otros legisladores para presentar el proyecto Born in the USA Act, que busca bloquear la orden ejecutiva del presidente Trump que intenta eliminar la ciudadanía automática a niños nacidos en EE.UU. El proyecto impediría el uso de fondos públicos para aplicar esta medida, considerada inconstitucional. Cortez Masto afirmó: “Trump no puede cambiar la Constitución con solo firmar un papel”. Por su parte, Rosen recalcó que “nacer en EE.UU. te hace ciudadano” y llamó a defender ese derecho fundamental.
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Today, U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and eight of her colleagues in introducing the Born in the USA Act to effectively block the implementation of President Trump’s unconstitutional Executive Order attempting to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States. This bill would prevent any government funds from being used to carry out or enforce this directive, which violates the U.S. Constitution.
“President Trump can’t change the Constitution with a swipe of his pen,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “Any child born in the United States is a citizen of the United States, and we will hold this administration accountable for their attempt to deny that right.”
“The U.S. Constitution is abundantly clear that if you are born in the United States, then you are a citizen,” said Senator Rosen. “I’m leading my Senate colleagues in introducing this bill to stop President Trump’s unconstitutional attempt to end automatic citizenship for those born here.”
The first and only Latina senator, Senator Cortez Masto has consistently supported immigrant communities in Nevada, calling on both administrations to protect TPS holders and other immigrants, as well as leading commonsense legislation to fix our broken immigration system. She has worked to pass meaningful immigration reform that balances critical border security measures with a path to citizenship for Dreamers, TPS holders, and essential workers, and she’s pushed legislation to allow Dreamers and TPS holders to work in Congress.
