WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement on the Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship:
"Today, the Supreme Court did what the Constitution has demanded for more than 150 years: it affirmed that children born on American soil are American citizens. This is a victory for the rule of law, for the Fourteenth Amendment, and for hundreds of thousands of families across New York and this country.
"The president tried to rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen. The Court told him he could not.
"Had this order taken effect, children born in our hospitals, in our communities, and on our soil could have been denied...