🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court agrees to review case disputing automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The US Supreme Court has will hear a pivotal case that questions a historic constitutional right: guaranteed citizenship for people born within US borders. On his first day in office this winter, the President issued an executive order aiming to halt birthright citizenship, but the action was halted by federal courts after constitutional questions were initiated. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will ultimately support citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on temporary visas, or it will nullify them entirely. Next, the judges will set a time to hear oral arguments between the federal government and plaintiffs, which involve parents who are immigrants and their newborns. A Constitutional Cornerstone For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the principle that all individuals born in the United States is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel 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 presidential order sought to refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US in violation of immigration law or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is one of about 30 countries – mostly in the Western Hemisphere – that provide automatic citizenship to all those born on their soil.
The US Supreme Court has will hear a pivotal case that questions a historic constitutional right: guaranteed citizenship for people born within US borders. On his first day in office this winter, the President issued an executive order aiming to halt birthright citizenship, but the action was halted by federal courts after constitutional questions were initiated. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will ultimately support citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on temporary visas, or it will nullify them entirely. Next, the judges will set a time to hear oral arguments between the federal government and plaintiffs, which involve parents who are immigrants and their newborns. A Constitutional Cornerstone For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the principle that all individuals born in the United States is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel 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 presidential order sought to refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US in violation of immigration law or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is one of about 30 countries – mostly in the Western Hemisphere – that provide automatic citizenship to all those born on their soil.