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Mayes joins group of AGs asking SCOTUS to preserve birthright citizenship

The U.S. Supreme Court building.
Gabriel Pietrorazio/KJZZ
The U.S. Supreme Court building.

A case before the Supreme Court this week could end birthright citizenship in the U.S. Arizona’s Kris Mayes is among a group of Democratic attorneys general trying to preserve it.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order ending birthright citizenship shortly after taking office. The case has been in court ever since — federal judges at every level before the high court have ruled the executive order is unconstitutional.

The case arrived at the Supreme Court this month — where judges are deciding whether to uphold the lower courts rulings.

In a joint statement with 19 other attorneys general, Mayes said presidential administrations from both parties have upheld the right to birthright citizenship ever since it was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court 127 years ago.

They say allowing the Trump administration to end it would upend settled law and practice.

Alisa Reznick is a senior field correspondent covering stories across southern Arizona and the borderlands for the Tucson bureau of KJZZ's Fronteras Desk.