🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court has decided to hear legal challenge disputing automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The US Supreme Court has decided to review a pivotal case that challenges a longstanding constitutional right: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born within US borders. On day one in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to end the policy, but the order was halted by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward. The Supreme Court's final ruling will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US without authorization or on temporary visas, or it will nullify those rights completely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear arguments between the administration and claimants, which comprise foreign-born parents and their young children. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the rule that all individuals born in the United States is a US citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of invading forces. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The challenged executive order sought to deny citizenship to the children of people who are either in the US illegally or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – largely in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to any person born on their soil.
The US Supreme Court has decided to review a pivotal case that challenges a longstanding constitutional right: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born within US borders. On day one in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to end the policy, but the order was halted by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward. The Supreme Court's final ruling will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US without authorization or on temporary visas, or it will nullify those rights completely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear arguments between the administration and claimants, which comprise foreign-born parents and their young children. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the rule that all individuals born in the United States is a US citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of invading forces. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The challenged executive order sought to deny citizenship to the children of people who are either in the US illegally or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – largely in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to any person born on their soil.