🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court will review legal challenge disputing birthright citizenship. The top court has will hear a pivotal case that questions a longstanding guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for those born in the United States. On his first day in office this January, the President issued an executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the action was struck down by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward. The Supreme Court's final judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on temporary visas, or it will overturn them completely. Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the federal government and the suing parties, which include parents who are immigrants and their infants. A Constitutional Cornerstone For over a century and a half, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the doctrine that anyone born in the country is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to diplomats and personnel of foreign military forces. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested directive sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are either in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is among about three dozen nations – largely in the Western Hemisphere – that grant instant citizenship to any person born on their soil.
The top court has will hear a pivotal case that questions a longstanding guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for those born in the United States. On his first day in office this January, the President issued an executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the action was struck down by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward. The Supreme Court's final judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on temporary visas, or it will overturn them completely. Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the federal government and the suing parties, which include parents who are immigrants and their infants. A Constitutional Cornerstone For over a century and a half, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the doctrine that anyone born in the country is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to diplomats and personnel of foreign military forces. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested directive sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are either in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is among about three dozen nations – largely in the Western Hemisphere – that grant instant citizenship to any person born on their soil.