Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to protect American citizenship.
Key claim: HJRES103 proposes a constitutional amendment to protect American citizenship and was referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
Abstract
(HJRES103 · 119th Congress) Latest action (2025-06-30): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why this matters
A constitutional amendment is the highest-stakes mechanism for altering birthright citizenship, since it would sit above statutes, executive orders, and Supreme Court interpretations of the Fourteenth Amendment. For affected groups — U.S.-born children of non-citizen or temporarily present parents — the introduction of HJRES103 signals sustained congressional interest in restructuring citizenship rules even after judicial rejection of EO 14160, though as an introduced joint resolution its practical near-term effect is limited.