🔗 Share this article America's top judicial body will hear lawsuit questioning automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The top court has decided to review a pivotal case that challenges a century-old principle: automatic citizenship for those born on American soil. On his first day in office this January, President Donald Trump signed an order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the order was subsequently blocked by the judiciary after constitutional questions were filed. The Supreme Court's eventual ruling will either support citizenship rights for the infants of migrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will overturn the provision entirely. Next, the court will set a time to hear arguments between the administration and claimants, which involve immigrant parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For over a century and a half, the Fourteenth Amendment has established the principle that anyone born in the nation is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign diplomats and members of occupying armies. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested presidential order sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is among about a minority of states – mostly in the Americas – that provide instant citizenship to all those born within their borders.
The top court has decided to review a pivotal case that challenges a century-old principle: automatic citizenship for those born on American soil. On his first day in office this January, President Donald Trump signed an order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the order was subsequently blocked by the judiciary after constitutional questions were filed. The Supreme Court's eventual ruling will either support citizenship rights for the infants of migrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will overturn the provision entirely. Next, the court will set a time to hear arguments between the administration and claimants, which involve immigrant parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For over a century and a half, the Fourteenth Amendment has established the principle that anyone born in the nation is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign diplomats and members of occupying armies. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested presidential order sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is among about a minority of states – mostly in the Americas – that provide instant citizenship to all those born within their borders.