WELCH REFUTES TRUMP'S DANGEROUS ATTEMPTS TO ELIMINATE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP: 'IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT THE LAW SAYS IF YOU'RE BORN HERE, YOU ARE A CITIZEN HERE.'

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today emphasized the grave dangers of President Trump's executive order aiming to terminate birthright citizenship, a constitutional right granted under the Fourteenth Amendment. In his remarks, Senator Welch outlined how Americans' constitutional and civil rights are being violated under the Trump Administration, including through the President's weaponization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to enact his violent mass deportation campaign.

"First of all, our nation was built on immigrants. Our nation was also built on slave labor. And our natio...