WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement following the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Barbara:
"The Supreme Court's recent decisions have emboldened President Trump to test the limits of his power. But the Constitution, backed by decades of legal precedent, makes it absolutely clear that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen. Today, the Supreme Court upheld a fundamental constitutional principle that has defined our nation for generations.
"President Trump's attempts to undermine this fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution were unlawful and contrary to the values that have long strengthened our country. ...