Overview
- The ACLU released a short video set to Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” and purchased national TV slots including MLB Opening Day, Survivor and American Idol.
- The ad spotlights Trump v. Barbara, the ACLU’s case challenging President Trump’s 2025 order to limit birthright citizenship that the Supreme Court will hear on April 1.
- Springsteen allowed the use of his song, and ACLU chief Anthony D. Romero said he conceived the idea after a post-inauguration interview that focused on the order.
- Lower courts blocked the order, and the Justice Department’s appeal argues those rulings harm border security by granting citizenship to people it says are not qualified.
- The ACLU warns that ending automatic citizenship could leave about five million U.S.-born children without status over the next two decades and upend hundreds of thousands of families.