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   Gabe Ortíz (tusk81@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 01:40:06 JST Gabe Ortíz

   “It’s critical to remember that the 14th Amendment was enacted to overrule the Supreme Court’s infamous Dred Scott decision,” writes former American Immigration Lawyers Association president David Leopold, "which held that Black people born in the U.S. were not citizens, but chattel to be bought, sold and abused.” https://zacharymueller.substack.com/p/trumps-plan-to-gut-the-14th-amendment

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     "The implications here are as far-reaching as they are disturbing but we cannot afford to ignore their considerations," Leopold continues. "Will physicians be required to report pregnancy and maternity information to ICE? Will ICE post agents in hospitals?"

     https://zacharymueller.substack.com/p/trumps-plan-to-gut-the-14th-amendment

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     "The Reconstruction era constitutional Amendment not only provided citizenship to Black Americans, it shaped the nation’s understanding of citizenship for the last 150-plus years.

     What happens if Constitutional Citizenship is held to include only the children of United States citizens and green card holders?"

     Robert Link repeated this.