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DESCRIPTION: Presentations & Discussion:\nCarrie Rosenbaum, Professor at the USF School 
 of Law\nJeffrey Leong, poet and author of Wild Geese Sorrow: The Chinese 
 Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island\nand Barry Thornton, writer for 
 Revolution newspaper and staff of Revolution Books\n\nOn his first day in 
 office, Trump issued an executive order abolishing “birthright 
 citizenship” for people born in the U.S. whose parents were not “legal 
 residents” at the time of their birth. This directly violates the 14th 
 Amendment of U.S. Constitution, which guarantees citizenship to all people 
 born in the United States.\n\nOn April 1st, the Supreme Court heard 
 arguments on the constitutionality of Trump's executive order and will rule 
 probably this summer on whether to submit to the Trump regime’s demand to 
 eliminate birthright citizenship. \n\nThe panel will address: \nWho was 
 Wong Kim Ark and what can be learned from this case?\nWhere do things stand 
 now with the case before the Supreme Court?\nWhy is this under attack 
 now?\nWhat does this say about the rule of law and the increasing fascist 
 attacks on people's rights?\nWhat is behind the current attack on 
 birthright citizenship?  How is this attack connected to the history of the 
 US in how it has treated immigrants, especially those who are not from 
 European countries?\n\nUSF Law professor, Carrie Rosenbaum will speak about 
 the landmark Supreme Court case of Wong Kim Ark that established birthright 
 citizenship in 1898 and the significance of the case before the Supreme 
 Court. She is also an immigration lawyer whose research/scholarship is in 
 the area of immigration, race and rights.\n\nJeffrey Thomas Leong, author 
 and poet, veteran of the Third World Liberation Front and Asian American 
 Studies at UC Berkeley will read from his book, Wild Geese Sorrow: The 
 Chinese Wall Inscriptions at Angel Island, new translations he made of many 
 of the poems carved into the men's barracks walls. The racist Chinese 
 Exclusion Act of 1882 kept out all Chinese except merchants and students. 
 Some Chinese immigrants claimed birthright citizenship as the sons and 
 daughters of citizens. All Chinese were detained at Angel Island until they 
 passed the interrogation by immigration officials.  These poems capture the 
 detainee’s deep anger, sorrow, and loneliness and are a powerful 
 testament to human resiliency and perseverance everywhere.\n\nBarry 
 Thornton will speak about how the assault on birthright citizenship, and on 
 immigrants in general, is the cutting edge of the overall fascist clampdown 
 on society, how this is deeply rooted in American history and capitalist 
 development, and why we need a fundamentally different system.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/04/15/18885547.php
SUMMARY:Attack on BirthrightCitizenship:Trump,SupremeCourt &Poetry Carved Into Angel Islands Walls
LOCATION:Revolution Books\n2444 Durant Ave.\nBerkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/04/15/18885547.php
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