WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary's Immigration Subcommittee, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship as a fundamental Constitutional right.
"The Constitution could not be clearer: if you are born in the United States, you are a citizen of the United States. Period. No ambiguity. While there is nothing surprising about Donald Trump's efforts to erode birthright citizenship and disregard laws he doesn't like, today's decision reaffirms over a century of legal precedent protecting this fundamental constitutional right.
"This is personal. I am a proud son of immigrants. I...