Impacted by immigration enforcement, these Michigan residents are “relieved” by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship

Michigan Public | By Beenish Ahmed

Published June 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM EDT

During the three months that Juan Pablo Quivano was held at North Lake immigration detention center, he worried about his wife, Dayana Ramirez. The couple is due to have their first child later this summer, and Ramirez’s pregnancy has been wrought with complications.

“My biggest fear was not being there for her delivery,” Quivano said.

Back home after being granted bond, the Colombian asylum seeker said he developed another worry: that his child might not be a U.S. citizen, if the Supreme Court decided to do away with “birthright citizenship.”

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