1. United States
2. Va.
3. Letter

I strongly urge you to immediately introduce legislation to nullify President Trump’s executive order entitled “Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship,” issued January 20, 2025. This illegal and unconstitutional order attempts to unilaterally narrow the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to exclude persons with i) a mother who is unlawfully present or lawfully present in the United States on a temporary basis, and (ii) a father who was neither a citizen nor a lawful permanent resident, contrary to the Constitution and Section 301 of 8 U.S.C. § 1401, which contain no such restrictions. Moreover, this order directs all departments and agencies of the United States government to refuse to “issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship” (“Protecting” Sec. 2(a)) for the abovementioned persons. This order will cause immediate and irreparable harm to thousands of people who would otherwise be citizens of the United States of America, denying them countless rights of their birth. This order also egregiously violates the exclusive constitutional prerogatives of the Congress of the United States to determine the rule of naturalization (US Constitution, Article I, § 8, cl. 4). Therefore, I urge you to introduce and pass this legislation as soon as possible to protect Americans across the country and the Constitution of the United States.