,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #fdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bj1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,rosen 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,durbin1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,padilla1   
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1    
,ms4 ,cortez ,masto1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1    
,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,welch1 and ,mr4     
,merkley7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of funds to
 carry out ,executive ,order #adafj4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,born in the ,,usa ,act4  #b4   
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,on ,january #bj1 #bjbe1 
,president ,trump issued the flagrantly 
and clearly unconstitutional ,executive 
,order #adafj 7#ij ,fed4 ,reg4 #hddi71  
entitled ,protecting the ,meaning and   
,value of ,american ,citizenship1 to    
prohibit the departments and agencies of
 the ,united ,states ,government from   
recognizing the citizenship of certain  

children born in the ,united ,states4   
7#b7 ,the #adth ,amendment to the       
,constitution of the ,united ,states    
unambiguously states3 ,all persons born 
or naturalized in the ,united ,states1  
and subject to the jurisdiction thereof1
 are citizens of the ,united ,states and
 of the ,state wherein they reside44    
7#c7 ,in #ahih1 the ,supreme ,court of  
the ,united ,states issued a decision   
,united ,states v4 ,wong ,kim ,ark1 #afi
 ,u4,s4 #fdi 7#ahih7 interpreting the   
birthright citizenship clause of the    
#adth ,amendment to the ,constitution of
 the ,united ,states4  7#d7 ,in ,united 
,states v4 ,wong ,kim ,ark1 #afi ,u4,s4 
#fdi 7#ahih71 the ,supreme ,court of the
 ,united ,states concludes that-- 7,a7  
the ,fourteenth ,amendment affirms the  
ancient and fundamental rule of         
citizenship by birth within the         
territory1 in the allegiance and under  
the protection of the country1 including
 all children here born of resident     
aliens2 and  7,b7 it can hardly be      

denied that an alien is completely      
subject to the political jurisdiction of
 the country in which he resides'''it is
 well known that1 by the public law1 an 
alien1 or a stranger born1 for so long a
 time as he continues within the        
dominions of a foreign government1 owes 
obedience to the laws of that           
government4  7#e7 ,federal courts around
 the country have weighed in against the
 constitutionality of ,executive ,order 
#adafj 7#ij ,fed4 ,reg4 #hddi74  7#f7   
,birthright citizenship is a right      
guaranteed by the ,constitution of the  
,united ,states and further enshrined in
 ,federal law in title ,,iii of the     
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #adja et seq472 therefore1    
birthright citizenship cannot be        
rescinded by executive order or by an   
,act of ,congress4  #c4 ,prohibition on 
use of funds ,no funds may be           
appropriated or otherwise made available
 to carry out ,executive ,order #adafj  
7#ij ,fed4 ,reg4 #hddi2 relating to     

protecting the meaning and value of     
,american citizenship7 7or any successor
 executive order1 regulation1 or        
policy74