Guatemalan ancestry congresswoman Delia Ramírez was inspired by the song Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen to be able to stand up to the US president Donald Trump And his plan to limit citizenship by birth right, because, according to the Democrat, “no one is above the Constitution”
For the 41 -year -old policy, oppose Trump’s efforts to deny citizens to children of migrant parents It is “personal”, since the representative for the district of Illinois is the First Latin American chosen in that position and also the only known member whose parents were undocumented At the time of his birth.
“For me it is a pride. I am the daughter of parents Immigrants And my mom crossed the border pregnant of me, ”said the legislator on the road traveled from Guatemala In his mother’s belly, so the amendment 14 of the Constitution assured Ramírez the American citizenship at the time of being born in Belmont Cragin, Chicago.
That amendment, ratified in the US Constitution, is a crucial point in the history of US civil rights, since it grants the citizenship automatic to all those born in the territory of the United States, guaranteeing equal protection to law and protecting citizens from shares discriminatory.
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For Delia Ramírez, the Executive order Signed by Donald Trump on January 20, with which he seeks to limit citizens by birth, it is illegal: “He wants to determine who is American and who does not. He wants to take the citizenship to millions of people whose parents came to this country looking for a better life,” he said.
“He wants to harm people like my mother and like my dad. That President Donald Trump believes that it may be more powerful that the Constitution, for me it is frightening“Ramírez added, whose proposal also intends to reaffirm” what is already said in the Constitution: that if you were born in this nation, you are a citizen, point. “
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Given this situation, Bruce Springsteen’s legendary song Born in the USA (“Born in the United States”, in Spanish) served as a soundtrack for the manifestation against the plan of US President Trump against the Supreme Court, which, according to Congresswoman Ramírez, had the support of more than 100 legislators.
Also, the new project headed by Delia seeks limit Trump administration access to “funds federals for other things to implement their executive order ”, focused on citizens by birth, so Born in the USA has become a hymn patriotic for some and claim for others.
According to the Congressman of Ancestry Guatemalanthis relationship between the music of legendary Rocker and attempts to prevent Trump for more validity due to recent public disagreements between Bruce Springsteen and the Republican president, who said the musician “had to keep his mouth closed.”
At the opening of his new tour in England, on Thursday, May 15, Springsteen said that the United States “is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and traitor“In addition, he mentioned that Trump is” chasing people for exercising his right to freedom of expression and expressing his dissent. “
SECRETARY NOEM HAS BETOUED THE SACRED FUNDAMENTS OF HER OAT, BROKEN THE LAW, AND WEAPONIZED THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM TO VIOLATE OUR CIVIL RIGHTS.
She is not fit to hold the office, and I, Again, – to her face – demanded her resignation. pic.twitter.com/zpe7rekvye
– Congress Delia C. Ramirez (@repdeliaramirez) May 14, 2025