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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\u2019 ancestors with her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 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,\u201d Wang said.<\/p>\n

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In the landmark case Trump v. Barbara<\/em>, <\/em>Wang \u2014 the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union \u2014 challenged President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order, which seeks to deny U.S. citizenship to babies whose parents aren\u2019t citizens or permanent legal residents. The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its highly anticipated ruling by the end of the month.<\/p>\n

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