“Congress should not be casually discarding one of its core guarantees by amending it to eliminate birthright citizenship.” Rodeo said children born to such families could grow up without permanent legal status despite spending their entire lives in the CNMI. He said any proposal weakening citizenship rights in the territories should concern CNMI families, even if it applied only to future births. The End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act was introduced by Republican congressman Morgan Griffith of Virginia. It would apply to children born in Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, and the CNMI on or after 1 January 2027.