🔗 Share this article America's top judicial body agrees to consider lawsuit questioning birthright citizenship. The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that questions a historic principle: automatic citizenship for people born in the United States. On day one in office this January, President Donald Trump enacted a directive aiming to terminate the policy, but the order was struck down by lower courts after lawsuits were brought forward. The Supreme Court's final ruling will either affirm citizenship rights for the children of migrants who are in the US without authorization or on non-immigrant visas, or it will overturn those rights altogether. Next, the judges will set a time to hear arguments between the administration and plaintiffs, which comprise parents who are immigrants and their newborns. The 14th Amendment For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the principle that all individuals born in the United States is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of invading forces. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested directive 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 three dozen nations – mostly in the North and South America – that provide immediate citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that questions a historic principle: automatic citizenship for people born in the United States. On day one in office this January, President Donald Trump enacted a directive aiming to terminate the policy, but the order was struck down by lower courts after lawsuits were brought forward. The Supreme Court's final ruling will either affirm citizenship rights for the children of migrants who are in the US without authorization or on non-immigrant visas, or it will overturn those rights altogether. Next, the judges will set a time to hear arguments between the administration and plaintiffs, which comprise parents who are immigrants and their newborns. The 14th Amendment For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the principle that all individuals born in the United States is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of invading forces. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested directive 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 three dozen nations – mostly in the North and South America – that provide immediate citizenship to anyone born in their territory.