Reposted by Beth Lew-Williams
This close reading of the historical record not only lays out what is at stake in the upcoming Supreme Court's consideration of "birthright citizenship," it also points to why the Trump administration is so adamant about censoring history. They can't handle the truth.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was for ‘the Babies of Slaves.’ He’s Wrong.
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that there is an
extremely high number and percentage of illegal immigrants in the Los Angeles area; that those individuals tend to gather in certain locations to seek daily work; that those individuals often work in certain kinds of jobs, such as day labor, landscaping, agriculture, and construction, that do not require paperwork and are therefore especially attractive to illegal immigrants; and that many of those illegally in the Los Angeles area come from Mexico or Central America and do not speak much English. Cf.
Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S., at 884-885 (listing "[a]ny number of factors" that contribute to reasonable suspicion of illegal presence). To be clear, apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion; under this Court's case law regarding immigration stops, however, it can be a](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiak2peq4v5ab5nqwwccg5drwwqzgnufkvxgw4ayraidywmn2sshhu)
