Birthright citizenship & the battle between two visions of America
MSNBC·2026-04-05 17:54
This week, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in the case that could restrict birthright citizenship from children born to parents who are in America illegally or temporarily. Trump's lawyers have hitched their argument to the technical meaning of four words in the very first line of the 14th Amendment, which is known as the Citizenship Clause. But this is really a fight over something much bigger. It's a fight over what kind of America we want to live in. Because to understand why the 14th Amendment ...