🔗 Share this article America's top judicial body agrees to hear case disputing automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The US Supreme Court has will hear a pivotal case that challenges a longstanding guarantee: birthright citizenship for individuals born on American soil. On day one in office this winter, the President enacted a directive aiming to halt this practice, but the move was subsequently blocked by federal courts after lawsuits were brought forward. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US undocumented or on temporary visas, or it will end those rights altogether. Next, the justices will set a time to hear arguments between the federal government and claimants, which include foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has established the rule that anyone born in the nation is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to diplomats and members of invading forces. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested presidential order sought to deny citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on short-term status. The United States is one of about 30 countries – primarily in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to all those born on their soil.
The US Supreme Court has will hear a pivotal case that challenges a longstanding guarantee: birthright citizenship for individuals born on American soil. On day one in office this winter, the President enacted a directive aiming to halt this practice, but the move was subsequently blocked by federal courts after lawsuits were brought forward. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US undocumented or on temporary visas, or it will end those rights altogether. Next, the justices will set a time to hear arguments between the federal government and claimants, which include foreign-born parents and their infants. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has established the rule that anyone born in the nation is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to diplomats and members of invading forces. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The contested presidential order sought to deny citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on short-term status. The United States is one of about 30 countries – primarily in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to all those born on their soil.