🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court will hear legal challenge disputing automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The top court has will hear a landmark case that questions a longstanding constitutional right: automatic citizenship for individuals born within US borders. On the inaugural day in office this January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to halt the policy, but the order was halted by federal courts after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's eventual ruling will ultimately support citizenship rights for the offspring of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will nullify those rights entirely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear arguments between the administration and the suing parties, which comprise foreign-born parents and their newborns. The 14th Amendment For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the rule that every person born in the nation is a US citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to 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 directive sought to withhold citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about a minority of states – mostly in the North and South America – that award immediate citizenship to any person born in their territory.
The top court has will hear a landmark case that questions a longstanding constitutional right: automatic citizenship for individuals born within US borders. On the inaugural day in office this January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to halt the policy, but the order was halted by federal courts after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's eventual ruling will ultimately support citizenship rights for the offspring of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will nullify those rights entirely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear arguments between the administration and the suing parties, which comprise foreign-born parents and their newborns. The 14th Amendment For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the rule that every person born in the nation is a US citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to 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 directive sought to withhold citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about a minority of states – mostly in the North and South America – that award immediate citizenship to any person born in their territory.