🔗 Share this article America's top judicial body will hear legal challenge challenging automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The nation's highest court has will hear a significant case that questions a century-old constitutional right: guaranteed citizenship for those born on American soil. On his first day in office this January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to halt the policy, but the move was halted by lower courts after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's final ruling will either support citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on temporary visas, or it will overturn the provision altogether. Next, the justices will set a time to hear the case between the administration and the suing parties, which include foreign-born parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For over a century and a half, the Constitutional amendment has established the doctrine that anyone born in the United States is a US citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel 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 contested directive sought to refuse citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US in violation of immigration law or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – mostly in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to any person born on their soil.
The nation's highest court has will hear a significant case that questions a century-old constitutional right: guaranteed citizenship for those born on American soil. On his first day in office this January, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aiming to halt the policy, but the move was halted by lower courts after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's final ruling will either support citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on temporary visas, or it will overturn the provision altogether. Next, the justices will set a time to hear the case between the administration and the suing parties, which include foreign-born parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For over a century and a half, the Constitutional amendment has established the doctrine that anyone born in the United States is a US citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel 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 contested directive sought to refuse citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US in violation of immigration law or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – mostly in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to any person born on their soil.