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In Supreme Court Justices’ Histories, a Story of Immigration in America
As the justices prepare to hear a landmark case about birthright citizenship, their family stories are a reminder that the law has shaped who can be an American.
As the justices prepare to hear a landmark case about birthright citizenship, their family stories are a reminder that the law has shaped who can be an American.
Credit…National Archives in Philadelphia; National Archives in Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957
The reporters examined immigration and census records, ship manifests, biographies, memoirs and speeches related to the justices’ family histories.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s father was a baby when he and his mother left their home in Italy bound for New Jersey, where he later became a U.S. citizen.
US Supreme Court to decide if Trump can end birthright citizenship
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that could reshape the understanding of who is American by birth.
The case, Trump v. Barbara, challenges President Donald Trump’s executive order that redefines citizenship to exclude children born to parents who either do not have legal status, or hold temporary legal visas.
It has the potential to upend the guarantee of birthright citizenship in effect since a Supreme Court decision in 1898 that extended citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States. There is a small carveout for children born to foreign diplomats.
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Parents fear their children born in the US could become ‘stateless’ if Trump wins birthright case
In the 26 years since she fled Colombia for the United States, “Pilar†has received her working papers, graduated high school, established a career as a paralegal and purchased a home in Florida.
But under the legal theory President Donald Trump is defending at the Supreme Court to end automatic birthright citizenship, the 35-year-old mother who asked to be identified as Pilar, is “temporarily present.†And if the 6-3 conservative court allows Trump’s executive order to take hold, her future children would effectively become stateless.
Supreme Court justices will consider the future of birthright citizenship. Here’s how their families came to America
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