🔗 Share this article The nation's highest court has decided to hear lawsuit questioning citizenship by birth. The US Supreme Court has agreed to take on a pivotal case that questions a longstanding principle: birthright citizenship for those born within US borders. On day one in office this winter, President Donald Trump enacted a directive aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the order was halted by the judiciary after legal challenges were filed. The Supreme Court's final judgment will either uphold citizenship rights for the infants of migrants who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will overturn them completely. Next, the judges will set a time to hear the case between the federal government and claimants, which comprise parents who are immigrants and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has established the principle that all individuals born in the nation is a US citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members of occupying armies. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The challenged directive sought to deny citizenship to the children of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that grant automatic citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to take on a pivotal case that questions a longstanding principle: birthright citizenship for those born within US borders. On day one in office this winter, President Donald Trump enacted a directive aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the order was halted by the judiciary after legal challenges were filed. The Supreme Court's final judgment will either uphold citizenship rights for the infants of migrants who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will overturn them completely. Next, the judges will set a time to hear the case between the federal government and claimants, which comprise parents who are immigrants and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has established the principle that all individuals born in the nation is a US citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members of occupying armies. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The challenged directive sought to deny citizenship to the children of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that grant automatic citizenship to anyone born in their territory.