Bethany Khan, a Culinary Union spokeswoman and member of the coalition’s steering committee, said the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause has protected families like hers. Khan said she was born in the U.S. while her parents were undocumented and said the ruling keeps families together.

“The Trump administration wanted to end birthright citizenship so that future generations of children who were born here, raised here, and belong here, could suddenly find themselves without a country. The U.S. Constitution mandates that birthright citizenship is a right. It keeps millions of families together, and that’s why we organized to protect it,” Khan said.