"The administration's assault on birthright citizenship firmly anchors its campaign of terror against migrant communities in a white supremacist framework, one that extends the militarization and politics of racial subordination of the U.S-Mexico border region throughout the country. Now, more than ever, it is clear that the border is present wherever immigrant communities are present - wherever our sisters and brothers live, work, and struggle."
"This initiative highlights the connection between Nazi persecution of migrants and political exiles as a distinct category - first in forced labor camps in the 1930's and eventually in the Holocaust - and the repressive logic of the Trump administration's targeting of our communities through measures such as mass detention and mass deportation, the negation of internationally protected rights to asylum and refuge, the reactivation of the Alien Enemies Act and Insurrection Act, and related abuses."
The Supreme Court scheduled a hearing early next year on historic challenges to attempts to eliminate birthright citizenship guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of 1868. The administration proposed to abolish birthright citizenship through an executive order issued on inauguration day rather than through a constitutional amendment, which most scholars contend would be legally required. The administration's actions anchor a campaign of terror against migrant communities within a white supremacist framework and extend militarization and racial subordination from the U.S.-Mexico border throughout the country. Immigrant rights groups launched the "Blue Triangle" campaign to highlight parallels between Nazi persecution and present-day policies including mass detention, mass deportation, denial of asylum, and reactivation of the Alien Enemies Act and Insurrection Act. Organizing and mobilization are underway in defense of birthright citizenship ahead of the Supreme Court consideration.
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