🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court will consider legal challenge disputing birthright citizenship. The US Supreme Court has will hear a pivotal case that puts to the test a century-old guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born on American soil. On day one in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to terminate this practice, but the order was struck down by the judiciary after constitutional questions were filed. The Supreme Court's final judgment will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on non-immigrant visas, or it will end the provision altogether. Next, the justices will set a time to hear oral arguments between the federal government and plaintiffs, which involve parents who are immigrants and their infants. A Constitutional Cornerstone For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has established the principle that anyone born in the nation is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to 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 contested 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 is one of about 30 countries – primarily in the North and South America – that award immediate citizenship to anyone born on their soil.
The US Supreme Court has will hear a pivotal case that puts to the test a century-old guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born on American soil. On day one in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to terminate this practice, but the order was struck down by the judiciary after constitutional questions were filed. The Supreme Court's final judgment will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on non-immigrant visas, or it will end the provision altogether. Next, the justices will set a time to hear oral arguments between the federal government and plaintiffs, which involve parents who are immigrants and their infants. A Constitutional Cornerstone For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has established the principle that anyone born in the nation is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to 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 contested 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 is one of about 30 countries – primarily in the North and South America – that award immediate citizenship to anyone born on their soil.