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Hundreds rally for birthright citizenship at supreme court: ‘We are an immigrant nation’

The Guardian · · 788 words · By Joseph Gedeon
Political Ideology and Legal Precedent Supreme Court Jurisprudence birthright citizenship
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“Around 250 demonstrators packed the steps of the supreme court on Wednesday”
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“Donald Trump himself watched from the public gallery in an unprecedented appearance”
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“Beija McCarter, an eighth grade US history teacher, and Noah Goldstein, a New Yorker who was also at last month’s trans rights rally, both arrived at the demonstration with little optimism about what the justices inside might decide”
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“The rhetoric is that immigrants are taking our jobs, but they’re actually doing the jobs that Americans aren’t hoping to do – we should be nicer to our neighbor”
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“All nine of those justices in there know that birthright citizenship is codified in the fourteenth amendment”
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“The ACLU of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and the national ACLU filed a lawsuit against Trump's executive order targeting birthright citizenship”
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“Trump issued the executive order targeting birthright citizenship on his first day in office”
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“If the policy were ultimately upheld, hundreds of thousands of children born in the US each year could be blocked from automatic citizenship”
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“Overturning birthright citizenship would strip millions of children of healthcare, protection from deportation and the basic promise of justice”
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“A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of the government’s position”
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“The case represents one of his signature policy efforts, coming after the court already struck down his tariffs”
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“José Andrés, a US immigrant, asserts that his three daughters are American citizens born in the US”
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