🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court will consider lawsuit disputing birthright citizenship. The nation's highest court has will hear a landmark case that questions a longstanding guarantee: birthright citizenship for those born within US borders. On the inaugural day in office this January, President Donald Trump signed an order aiming to end the policy, but the action was subsequently blocked by lower courts after legal challenges were filed. The Supreme Court's eventual decision will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will overturn those rights completely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear the case between the government and plaintiffs, which include immigrant parents and their young children. The 14th Amendment For nearly 160 years, the Constitutional amendment has enshrined the principle that every person born in the country is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of occupying armies. "Every individual 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 refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is one of about a minority of states – mostly in the North and South America – that award automatic citizenship to anyone born within their borders.
The nation's highest court has will hear a landmark case that questions a longstanding guarantee: birthright citizenship for those born within US borders. On the inaugural day in office this January, President Donald Trump signed an order aiming to end the policy, but the action was subsequently blocked by lower courts after legal challenges were filed. The Supreme Court's eventual decision will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will overturn those rights completely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear the case between the government and plaintiffs, which include immigrant parents and their young children. The 14th Amendment For nearly 160 years, the Constitutional amendment has enshrined the principle that every person born in the country is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of occupying armies. "Every individual 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 refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is one of about a minority of states – mostly in the North and South America – that award automatic citizenship to anyone born within their borders.