Bruce Leslie

Bruce Leslie is president of First Focus on Children, a bipartisan advocacy group for children and families, which submitted an amicus brief in this case.

He says the effect a change in policy would have on babies is missing from the arguments over this issue, which is a serious oversight.

Without birthright citizenship, the family of every baby born in the U.S.

would need to prove their citizenship.

All new parents would have a new bureaucratic hurdle.

And eligibility for health insurance, food and social support, and more would be thrown into question in the critical early days of life.

Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.

Bruce Leslie is president of First Focus on Children, a bipartisan advocacy group for children and families, which submitted an amicus brief in this case.

He says the effect a change in policy would have on babies is missing from the arguments over this issue, which is a serious oversight.

Without birthright citizenship, the family of every baby born in the U.S.

would need to prove their citizenship.

All new parents would have a new bureaucratic hurdle.

And eligibility for health insurance, food and social support, and more would be thrown into question in the critical early days of life.

Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.