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Cecillia Wang

Cecillia Wang

Deputy Legal Director and National Legal Director for Immigration, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

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Notable Quotes

"No president can change the 14th Amendment’s fundamental promise of citizenship," Wang said after the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/873a45bc58de9e92773f554bf5bba9a0))

Stories

Trump’s birthright citizenship order heads to the Supreme Court

Rule Changes

Lead challenger to EO 14160 at the Supreme Court

On January 20, 2025, the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14160, "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship." The order denies automatic citizenship to U.S.-born children when the mother is unlawfully present or on a temporary visa and the father is neither a citizen nor a lawful permanent resident. It challenges 125 years of legal consensus (grounded in the 14th Amendment and the Supreme Court's 1898 decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark) that nearly all children born on U.S. soil are automatically citizens.

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