Prof. Kate Masur co-authors amicus brief on birthright citizenship
June 13, 2025
Professors Kate Masur and Martha Jones (Johns Hopkins) co-authored an historians’ amicus brief filed in federal circuit court cases challenging the Trump Administration’s Executive Order purporting to strip U.S. citizenship from the children of undocumented immigrants. Alongside historian Erika Lee (Harvard), Masur and Jones participated in a webinar on “The Guarantee of Birthright Citizenship,” sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice.