Was Live Friday, May 16, 2025 | 11am PST
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Guest Speakers
- Professor Robert S. Chang, Executive Director, Korematsu Center for Law & Equality at UC Irvine School of Law
- Julia Gelatt, Associate Director of the US Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute
- Martin Kim, Director of Immigration Advocacy at Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
- Cesar Ruiz, Associate Counsel at LatinoJustice
Event Overview
On May 15, the Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the court orders pausing President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship. The president’s order, issued on his 1st day in office, would impact children born to undocumented parents, but would also impact kids born to those in the US on temporary visas, such as H-1B workers. Several civil rights organizations have filed lawsuits and amicus briefs challenging Trump’s executive order.
Experts predict that 255,000 children each year will be impacted by this new policy, creating an underclass of 2.7 million children by 2045. Many of these children will be rendered stateless.
Birthright citizenship is enshrined in the 14th Amendment and has been regarded as a right extended to any child born in the US since 1868. Trump’s executive order attempts to define who can be American and who can participate fully — politically, socially and economically — in our democracy.
Presented by Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC & ACoM
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