Montgomery, AL – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall praised a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to stay lower court injunctions, allowing former President Donald Trump’s executive order—Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship—to proceed.
The order addresses the issue of birthright citizenship, and the Supreme Court’s action halts prior rulings that blocked its implementation. Attorney General Marshall responded to the ruling, emphasizing its implications for constitutional authority.
Earlier this year, Marshall joined 19 other state attorneys general in signing a 20-state amicus brief in support of the executive order. The brief argued that the order aligns with the original intent of the 14th Amendment and presented data suggesting that approximately 250,000 births annually in the U.S.—around 7% of the national total—are to individuals in the country illegally.
The ruling marks a notable development in the broader legal and political debate over immigration and citizenship policies in the United States.
