WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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."
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