ICYMI: Rep. Min Defends Birthright Citizenship, Calls Out GOP Attacks on 14th Amendment
“My parents were here in America on student visas when I was born. They had not become naturalized until after I was born. And if Donald Trump and Brandon Gill had had their way, maybe my parents would have been denied their visas. Maybe they would have been deported. ”
Washington, D.C. — Representative Dave Min (CA-47), a member of the House Oversight Committee and its Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses slammed the task force's GOP leadership for failing to uphold its stated mission and defended birthright citizenship as a clearly defined constitutional right during a hearing titled “Protecting American Citizenship: Confronting Birth Tourism.” Reaffirming longstanding Supreme Court precedent, Rep. Min emphasized that the 14th Amendment has guaranteed citizenship to people born in the United States for more than 150 years and rejected efforts by President Trump to circumvent that constitutional protection through executive action.
During the hearing, Rep. Min also pointed to efforts by the task force's Republican leadership to revoke Rep. Ilhan Omar’s citizenship and deport her as an example of the broader attacks on constitutional protections.
“That is the opposite of supporting and defending the Constitution. Some might call it sedition,” said Rep. Min. “And that is deeply personal to me because I am myself a birthright citizen. My parents were here in America on student Visas when I was born. They had not become naturalized until after I was born. And if Donald Trump and Brandon Gill had had their way, maybe my parents would have been denied their Visas. Maybe they would have been deported. Maybe my citizenship would have been denied.”
Rep. Min called out the “doublespeak” of a task force charged with defending Constitutional rights while attacking a foundational Constitutional protection., He reaffirmed his commitment to fighting alongside his Democratic colleagues to ensure due process and equal representation guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.