WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Last week, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and 25 of their Senate colleagues filed a brief requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court protect birthright citizenship and strike down President Donald Trump's unconstitutional attempts to take it away. Alongside colleagues from the House of Representatives, the senators filed an amicus brief (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Birthright-Amicus-Brief.pdf) in Trump v. Barbara (https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-365.html), currently before the Supreme Court, with oral arguments scheduled for April 1, 2026.
The senators argue that Trump's Ex...