Clayton Fuller

UPDATE: This story has been updated to include a statement from Shawn Harris.

Georgia's newest congressman Clay Fuller has called for a constitutional amendment following the decision by the Supreme Court to protect birthright citizenship on Tuesday.

In a landmark 6-3 decision in the nation's highest court, the Justices rejected President Donald Trump's proposed limits on who constitutes a citizen in the United States, part of his immigration policy.

The Justices ruled the president cannot redefine birthright citizenship, and all children who are born in the United States, whether their parents are in the country legally or not, satisfy citizenship requirements in the 14th amendment.

"Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights − to freely participate in our political community," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. "The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to 'every free-born person in this land.' We keep that promise today."

Court is 'prioritizing the futures of illegals,' Fuller says

In a statement posted on X following the Court's decision, Representative Fuller from Georgia's 14th congressional district, accused the Court of "prioritizing the future of illegals over Americans."

"The invasion must stop," Fuller wrote. "Congress needs to take decisive action."

Fuller then referred back to a resolution he proposed in the House of Representatives back in May, H.J.Res. 172.

The resolution would require anyone born in the United States to have at least one citizen or legal resident parent to earn citizenship. Anyone born in the United States to two illegal parents would not be a citizen.

Fuller previously criticized temporary protected status, or TPS, which was used for many Syrian and Haitian refugees in the United States, and called Somalis "fraudsters" "pirates" and "thugs." He celebrated the Supreme Court decision ending TPS for Haiti and Syria earlier this month.

"Temporary means temporary. Send them back. Put Americans first!" Fuller wrote on X.

He has also joked about deporting fellow Representative Ilhan Omar, who was born in Somalia, on social media.

Fuller is newly elected after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned

Fuller was elected to the House of Representatives earlier this year in a special runoff election, against Democrat Shawn Harris, to fill the seat left behind by former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Fuller was endorsed by President Trump and has been a strong MAGA supporter in his first months in Washington.

Fuller won his seat by a much closer margin than Greene had previously seen, with Harris performing the best a Democrat has ever done in the Deep Red district of northwest Georgia between Atlanta and Tennessee.

Harris and Fuller will be back on the ballot in November, when Fuller will have to answer to voters for actions taken in Congress.

When asked about Fuller's proposal of the constitutional amendment, Harris told USA TODAY in a text message he doesn't "see how this helps (Northwest Georgia) families pay the bills."

"I was standing next to Clay many times when he said he was going to put us first. This isn't for Georgia or America," Harris said.

Irene Wright covers Georgia politicians and elections as the Atlanta Connect reporter with USA Today’s Deep South Connect team. Find her on X @IreneEWright or email her at [email protected] story has been updated to add a gallery.