Historicizing and Protecting Birthright Citizenship

Please join us for a panel on protecting birthright citizenship. Our panel will include Shane Ellison, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney of the Immigrant Rights Clinic here at Duke, Amanda Frost, Professor of Law at UVA and Director of the Immigration, Migration, and Human Rights program, and Hannah Steinberg, an attorney with the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project working on cases challenging Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship for certain groups. This event will examine the legal underpinnings of birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment, its historical context, and its critical role in fostering inclusion and equality in the United States.