🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court agrees to review legal challenge questioning automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that challenges a longstanding guarantee: birthright citizenship for people born in the United States. On day one in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the action was halted by federal courts after constitutional questions were filed. The Supreme Court's ultimate ruling will either affirm citizenship rights for the offspring of immigrants who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will end the provision completely. Next, the judges will schedule a date to hear arguments between the federal government and plaintiffs, which involve foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the rule that every person born in the United States is a American citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to embassy personnel 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 disputed 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 30 countries – largely in the North and South America – that provide immediate citizenship to all those born within their borders.
The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that challenges a longstanding guarantee: birthright citizenship for people born in the United States. On day one in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the action was halted by federal courts after constitutional questions were filed. The Supreme Court's ultimate ruling will either affirm citizenship rights for the offspring of immigrants who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will end the provision completely. Next, the judges will schedule a date to hear arguments between the federal government and plaintiffs, which involve foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the rule that every person born in the United States is a American citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to embassy personnel 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 disputed 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 30 countries – largely in the North and South America – that provide immediate citizenship to all those born within their borders.