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Ketanji Brown Jackson: “Our country will now consist of zone one, where individuals born in the country are granted birthright citizenship, and…”

On the recordJune 27, 2025
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.
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Ketanji Brown Jackson
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msnbc.com
Jun 27, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Jackson described the division created by the court's decision on citizenship.

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