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  1. EDT

    Late Q&A: targeted legislative test cases, race and caste, sanctuary policies, and closing

    The committee debates narrow statutory tests on birth tourism, the racial and historical stakes of undoing jus soli, links between sanctuary policies and immigration enforcement, and whether Barbara should now be treated as settled law, before concluding with reflections on Congress’s residual powers and U.S. exceptionalism in citizenship rules.

    In this chapter

    1. Chairman Roy: consensus on birth tourism and legislative test cases
    2. Rep. Lee (D): racial caste, Dred Scott, and modern challenges
    3. Chairman Jordan: sanctuary jurisdictions, crime, and migration incentives

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  2. EDT

    Mid-hearing Q&A: Trump’s new executive orders, ‘alien enemy’ category, and surrogacy

    Questioning shifts to Trump’s post‑Barbara executive orders and the creation of an ‘alien enemy’ exception, with concerns about overbroad designations and conflict with Barbara, while members also explore international commercial surrogacy as a perceived national security loophole and situate anti–birthright initiatives in a longer nativist political strategy.

    In this chapter

    1. Rep. Jayapal (D): Trump’s new EOs and ‘alien enemy’ category
    2. Rep. Hageman (R): international surrogacy and national security
    3. Rep. Balint (D): political strategy behind anti–birthright push

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  3. EDT

    Early Q&A: birth tourism, practical enforcement, and legal constraints

    Mark Harris and 1 other

    Members probe the mechanics of birth tourism and potential enforcement tools, debate the real‑world consequences of curtailing birthright citizenship, and examine how far Congress can legislate under Barbara without a constitutional amendment or Supreme Court reversal.

    In this chapter

    1. Rep. Harris (R): birth tourism mechanics and enforcementMark Harris
    2. Rep. Raskin (D): consequences of ending birthright; vetting womenJamie Raskin
    3. Rep. McClintock (R): legal limits under Barbara; Cuccinelli’s reply

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  4. EDT

    Witness opening statements on constitutional scope and congressional powers

    Witnesses are sworn and present contrasting legal and policy views on Trump v. Barbara, some arguing Congress retains broad power to narrow birthright citizenship for children of unlawful or temporary migrants, others defending birthright citizenship as central to American civic identity and beyond day‑to‑day political control.

    In this chapter

    1. Witnesses sworn; Jenks: congressional tools after Barbara
    2. Kobach: originalist reading of citizenship clause
    3. Cuccinelli: Barbara is binding but Congress can narrow conduct
    4. Weinberg: Trump v. Barbara and American civic identity

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  5. EDT

    Opening of hearing and majority–minority framing

    Mary Gay Scanlon and 1 other

    The chair opens the hearing, denounces Trump v. Barbara, and urges congressional action to narrow birthright citizenship, while the ranking Democrats respond by defending the 14th Amendment’s text and precedent, warning that efforts to restrict jus soli echo Dred Scott and authoritarian denationalization practices.

    In this chapter

    1. Chairman: opening, Trump v. Barbara critique
    2. Ranking Member Scanlon: defense of birthright citizenshipMary Gay Scanlon
    3. Ranking Member Raskin: constitutional clarity and authoritarian risksJamie Raskin

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Schedule

  1. Replay
    ‘“Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof’: Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment, Part II”

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  2. Replay
    “Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution: Part II”

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  3. Replay
    “From Tool to Weapon: The FACE Act and the Dangers of Federalizing Criminal Law”

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  4. Replay
    “Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. Doe”

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  5. Replay
    “Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law Are Incompatible with the U.S. Constitution”

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  6. Replay
    “Legislative Reforms to End Lawfare by State and Local Prosecutors”

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  7. Replay
    “‘Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof’: Birthright Citizenship and the Fourteenth Amendment”

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