Our country will now consist of zone one, where individuals born in the country are granted birthright citizenship, and zone two, where they are non-citizens subject to deportation.
Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Our country will now consist of zone one, where individuals born in the country are granted birthright citizenship, and…”
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Jackson described the division created by the court's decision on citizenship.
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