Congress is currently considering H.R. 9724, the “End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act.” This bill threatens birthright citizenship in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Its sweeping language could put at risk the citizenship status of anyone born on or after January 1, 2027, regardless who their parents might be.

This proposal has been universally condemned by elected officials in these territories, regardless of party or status preference. And it contradicts the Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara.

As the United States commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this proposal cannot be squared with the idea of all “created equal” or the “consent of the governed.” 

Raise your voice to let federal officials in Washington know they don’t have unlimited power to do whatever they want to people in U.S. territories.

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Petition to Oppose the “End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act” 

We call on Congress and the President to reject H.R. 9724 and the idea that the federal government has the power to deny U.S. citizenship to anyone simply because they were born in a U.S. territory. This is not only wrong, but unconstitutional.

Fundamental rights like citizenship cannot be turned on and off by the federal government based on where someone was born or happens to live. Congress should not use the Insular Cases or the Territorial Clause to try and justify these kinds of discriminatory, undemocratic policies. Regardless of one’s views on politics or political status, these unilateral actions contradict basic principles of democracy and self-determination.

We urge elected officials throughout the territories and the United States to defend basic constitutional limits on federal power and oppose efforts to restrict the rights of people in U.S. territories. 

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