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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits

Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
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A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on a long-settled...

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