WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Barbara:
"President Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship by executive order was lawless and shameful from the start. I am glad that the Supreme Court ruled against this attempted circumvention of the Fourteenth Amendment and the foundational Supreme Court precedent of Wong Kim Ark. Today the Court affirmed the post-Civil War guarantee that no matter your parents' circumstances, if you are born in the United States, you are an American and may pursue your happiness here."
Kaine has vigorously and consi...