The Supreme Court Takes On Birthright Citizenship
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The New York Times
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🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Can I ask you a couple questions? |
| 0:05.0 | Did you sleep here last night? |
| 0:07.0 | Yes, we did. |
| 0:08.0 | We did. We got here at about 11.30 p.m. and got some sleep until maybe 6 a.m. |
| 0:13.0 | How early did you get here? |
| 0:16.0 | 6.30. |
| 0:17.0 | I got here a little bit after four. |
| 0:21.6 | So we are waiting in the line from last Sunday. |
| 0:25.6 | Sorry, you've been waiting in line since last Sunday? |
| 0:28.6 | Yeah, yeah, last Sunday. |
| 0:30.6 | From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobarrow. |
| 0:33.6 | This is the Daily. |
| 0:36.6 | On Wednesday morning in Washington, the scene outside of the |
| 0:41.4 | Supreme Court captured the enormous stakes of the case that was about to be argued before its nine |
| 0:48.6 | justices. This is pivotal. This will define the immigration experience for decades. |
| 0:56.1 | Birthright citizenship has just been a big part of what it means to be American for a very |
| 1:01.4 | long time, like almost as long as the country. The crux of this is illegal or those here temporarily |
| 1:07.3 | shouldn't receive the benefit of American citizenship, which is to be cherished. |
| 1:13.1 | A case about President Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship that literally asks |
| 1:19.8 | who gets to be an American. |
| 1:22.9 | So this case was very important for me because I'm an immigrant too. |
| 1:27.0 | We all came for the reason because U.S. is a shining city on the hill. |
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