Elected leaders and immigration advocates in Massachusetts applauded the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold birthright citizenship on Tuesday.

“It’s simple: if you’re born in America, you’re an American,” said U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on social media.

“The fight to defend immigrant rights from Trump’s cruelty is not over,” the Democrat wrote, “but today the Court upheld the law.”

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey echoed that sentiment.

“We have, and always will be, a nation of immigrants,” he wrote on social media. “Today we celebrate. Tomorrow, we keep fighting to protect our democracy.”

U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, the Democratic whip, celebrated the decision, which she called “a decisive blow to the vile MAGA campaign to redefine who we are as a people.”

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell joined other state attorneys general in challenging the Trump administration in January 2025 after he issued his executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States.

With Tuesday’s decision, she wrote in a statement that the 14th Amendment “has stood as a cornerstone of equal protection under the law, born out of our nation’s fight to end slavery and oppression.”

“Without the Fourteenth Amendment, I could not have run to become Attorney General of Massachusetts,” she wrote.

While celebrating the decision, Campbell called it a “razor thin victory. That should remind all of us that our rights and freedoms are not self-executing.”

Lawyers for Civil Rights, which sued in federal court in Massachusetts after Trump issued his executive order last year, celebrated Tuesday’s ruling.

“This case has always been about more than citizenship,” the Boston-based organization said in a statement. “It has been about whether children begin life with certainty or uncertainty, belonging or exclusion.”

Lawyers for Civil Rights brought the case on behalf of expectant mothers and members of La Colaborativa and the Brazilian Worker Center.

“Today is a victory for our children and for every family that had the courage to stand up for them,” said Lenita Reason, executive director of the Brazilian Worker Center. “No child should grow up wondering whether they belong in the country where they were born. Today’s decision ensures they won’t have to.”

Elizabeth Sweet, executive director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, said the decision “sends a direct message” to President Trump and future leaders that birthright citizenship is “a fundamental constitutional right.”

While many of Massachusetts elected leaders celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the traditional concept of birthright citizenship, they similarly decried the court’s decision announced Tuesday to allow states to ban transgender children from participating in sports.

Markey wrote in a statement, “Today, the far-right Supreme Court again cleared the way for Trump and MAGA Republicans to discriminate against the trans community. This decision tears trans athletes from their teams and the sports they love.”

Warren said, “My heart is with trans kids and their loved ones.”

The high court’s ruling does not have an immediate effect in Massachusetts since the state allows trans athletes to play on the team in accordance with their gender identity. But, GLAD Law’s Jennifer Levi said there could be issues if trans student athletes travel to states with bans.

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