Episode 9 | Birthright Citizenship: The Deep Dive

About this episode

The hosts discuss the upcoming Supreme Court case on birthright citizenship, including insights from Ilan's congressional testimony and Peter Schweizer's comments on Saipan.

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, finally take their promised deep dive into the birthright citizenship case that the Supreme Court will hear next week. Ilan recently testified in Congress on the issue, and has a lot to get off his chest. He and Kathryn discuss Peter Schweizer's testimony about Saipan, an island north of Guam for which there is statutory birthright citizenship and lax visa rules for Chinese citizens. Schweizer estimates that upwards of hundreds of thou...

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Hosts: Ilan Wurman, Kathryn Johnson

Topics covered

• birthright citizenship
• Supreme Court
• Congress testimony
• visa rules
• Chinese citizens

Keywords

• birthright citizenship
• Supreme Court
• Ilan Wurman
• Kathryn Johnson
• Peter Schweizer
• Saipan
• visa rules

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Places: Saipan, Guam

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