🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court will consider legal challenge questioning birthright citizenship. The top court has decided to review a significant case that puts to the test a historic constitutional right: automatic citizenship for those born on American soil. On day one in office this January, President Donald Trump signed an order aiming to terminate birthright citizenship, but the move was struck down by federal courts after lawsuits were brought forward. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will either uphold citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on temporary visas, or it will end those rights completely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear the case between the administration and claimants, which include foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the principle that every person born in the United States is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to diplomats and personnel of foreign military forces. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested executive order sought to refuse citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – mostly in the Western Hemisphere – that award instant citizenship to anyone born within their borders.
The top court has decided to review a significant case that puts to the test a historic constitutional right: automatic citizenship for those born on American soil. On day one in office this January, President Donald Trump signed an order aiming to terminate birthright citizenship, but the move was struck down by federal courts after lawsuits were brought forward. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will either uphold citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on temporary visas, or it will end those rights completely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear the case between the administration and claimants, which include foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the principle that every person born in the United States is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to diplomats and personnel of foreign military forces. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested executive order sought to refuse citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – mostly in the Western Hemisphere – that award instant citizenship to anyone born within their borders.