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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONDEMNING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO WITHDRAW

CITIZENSHIP FROM CHILDREN BORN IN THE UNITED STATES TO UNDOCUMENTED

PARENTS

     Introduced By: Representatives Perez, Bennett, Potter, Handy, Alzate, Boylan,
Speakman, McNamara, Giraldo, and Casey

     Date Introduced: January 29, 2025

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     WHEREAS, On January 20th, 2025, shortly after being sworn into office, President

Donald Trump signed an executive order as part of his hardline anti-immigration agenda; and

     WHEREAS, The executive order outlined the end to birthright citizenship, which refers

to a constitutionally protected right that grants automatic United States citizenship to babies born

in this country, and includes children of undocumented immigrants or tourists and students on

short-term visas; and

     WHEREAS, This policy has been in place for more than 150 years and is enshrined in

the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which grants citizenship to people "born

or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" regardless of their

parent's immigration or citizenship status; and

     WHEREAS, According to the Pew Center for Research, in 2022, 1.3 million United

States-born adults who live with their parents were born to undocumented immigrants; and

     WHEREAS, It is estimated that ending birthright citizenship for US children with two

unauthorized immigrant parents would increase the existing "unauthorized population" by 4.7

million people by 2050; and

     WHEREAS, More than thirty countries around the world allow birthright citizenship

including, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chad,

Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana,

Honduras, Jamaica, Lesotho, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis,

Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uruguay

and Venezuela; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to birthright citizenship, in many countries, citizenship can be

obtained through one parent being a citizen, marriage, naturalization, dual citizenship, and

citizenship by investment; and

     WHEREAS, To date, Attorneys General from twenty-two states have filed lawsuits

against President Trump's move to ban birthright citizenship; and

     WHEREAS, President Trump's Executive Order banning birthright citizenship is both

illegal and immoral, and will inflict serious harm on American families; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

condemns President Donald Trump's executive order to withdraw citizenship from children born

in the United States to undocumented parents; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to President Donald Trump, and members of

Rhode Island's Congressional Delegation.

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