🔗 Share this article The nation's highest court has decided to consider legal challenge challenging birthright citizenship. The nation's highest court has will hear a pivotal case that questions a century-old guarantee: birthright citizenship for those born within US borders. On day one in office this January, the President issued an executive order aiming to terminate birthright citizenship, but the action was struck down by the judiciary after lawsuits were filed. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the children of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will nullify those rights altogether. Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the administration and the suing parties, which comprise foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For over a century and a half, the Constitutional amendment has established the rule that all individuals born in the United States is a US citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members 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 challenged directive sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is among about a minority of states – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that award instant citizenship to any person born on their soil.
The nation's highest court has will hear a pivotal case that questions a century-old guarantee: birthright citizenship for those born within US borders. On day one in office this January, the President issued an executive order aiming to terminate birthright citizenship, but the action was struck down by the judiciary after lawsuits were filed. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the children of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will nullify those rights altogether. Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the administration and the suing parties, which comprise foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For over a century and a half, the Constitutional amendment has established the rule that all individuals born in the United States is a US citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members 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 challenged directive sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is among about a minority of states – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that award instant citizenship to any person born on their soil.