🔗 Share this article America's top judicial body agrees to hear legal challenge challenging automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The US Supreme Court has decided to review a pivotal case that challenges a historic principle: automatic citizenship for people born within US borders. On the inaugural day in office this winter, the administration enacted a directive aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the order was subsequently blocked by federal courts after lawsuits were filed. The Supreme Court's final decision will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on short-term permits, or it will nullify them altogether. Next, the court will set a time to hear arguments between the government and claimants, which comprise foreign-born parents and their young children. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the principle that every person born in the country is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to foreign diplomats 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 challenged directive sought to deny citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States belongs to a group of about a minority of states – mostly in the North and South America – that provide instant citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
The US Supreme Court has decided to review a pivotal case that challenges a historic principle: automatic citizenship for people born within US borders. On the inaugural day in office this winter, the administration enacted a directive aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the order was subsequently blocked by federal courts after lawsuits were filed. The Supreme Court's final decision will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on short-term permits, or it will nullify them altogether. Next, the court will set a time to hear arguments between the government and claimants, which comprise foreign-born parents and their young children. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the principle that every person born in the country is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to foreign diplomats 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 challenged directive sought to deny citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States belongs to a group of about a minority of states – mostly in the North and South America – that provide instant citizenship to anyone born in their territory.