Indian American Impact Statement as Supreme Court Considers Birthright Citizenship Case Impacting South Asian Communities

Washington, D.C. —  Today, the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara considering President Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship. 

Chintan Patel, Executive Director of Indian American Impact, issued the following statement:

“President Trump’s executive order is a direct and dangerous assault on the Constitution and one of its most fundamental guarantees. More than a year after its issuance, it remains a blatant attempt to rewrite the Fourteenth Amendment and strip citizenship from children born on U.S. soil. We remain hopeful that the Supreme Court will uphold decades of legal precedent and affirm the decisions of lower courts that have consistently rejected efforts to undermine birthright citizenship.

This order is part of a broader, systematic effort to criminalize immigrants and erode core constitutional protections. It will have sweeping consequences for immigrant families and will disproportionately harm South Asian families and their children, who make up one of the largest immigrant populations in the United States.

Archaic and inequitable immigration policies have already placed more than one million Indian nationals in green card backlogs, forcing many South Asian families to remain on temporary visas for decades. As a result, many children in our community are born in the United States while their parents are still waiting for permanent residency. This executive order would strip those children of the citizenship they have always been guaranteed, placing them at risk of legal limbo despite being born on U.S. soil. With estimates showing that over 400,000 individuals may die before ever receiving a green card, ending birthright citizenship would only deepen this injustice—upending families and destabilizing entire communities.

Indian American Impact is proud to stand alongside the many organizations fighting to protect immigrant rights and defend the Constitution. We reaffirm what has always been true: we belong here, and we will continue to fight for a future where every child born in this country is afforded the full rights and protections they deserve.”

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Indian American Impact is a national organization that elevates the voices of Indian and South Asian Americans to ensure that every level of government represents us and our values. Impact works to mobilize, engage and elect South Asians in an effort to build a world in which all Americans have the opportunity to thrive.

For Immediate Release:
April 1, 2026

Contact: Sarah Shah
sarah@iaimpact.org