It was a high-pressure moment when Cecillia Wang stepped into the U.S. Supreme Court in April to deliver oral arguments defending birthright citizenship. But, she said, she had the spirit of millions of Americans’ ancestors with her.
“I felt a lot of the weight of all those hopes and aspirations, and really a belief in the promise of this country, that birthright citizenship is so much a part of the fabric of what it means to be an American,” Wang said.
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In the landmark case Trump v. Barbara, Wang — the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union — challenged President Donald Trump’s executive order, which seeks to deny U.S. citizenship to babies whose parents aren’t citizens or permanent legal residents. The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its highly anticipated ruling by the end of the month.
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