🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court will review legal challenge questioning automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that questions a century-old principle: birthright citizenship for those born in the United States. On his first day in office this winter, the administration issued an executive order aiming to terminate the policy, but the move was subsequently blocked by the judiciary after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will either affirm citizenship rights for the offspring of immigrants who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will overturn those rights altogether. Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the federal government and claimants, which involve immigrant parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has established the rule that anyone born in the United States is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of foreign military forces. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The disputed presidential order sought to deny citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on short-term status. The United States is one of about a minority of states – largely in the North and South America – that award instant citizenship to all those born on their soil.
The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that questions a century-old principle: birthright citizenship for those born in the United States. On his first day in office this winter, the administration issued an executive order aiming to terminate the policy, but the move was subsequently blocked by the judiciary after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will either affirm citizenship rights for the offspring of immigrants who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will overturn those rights altogether. Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the federal government and claimants, which involve immigrant parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has established the rule that anyone born in the United States is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of foreign military forces. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The disputed presidential order sought to deny citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on short-term status. The United States is one of about a minority of states – largely in the North and South America – that award instant citizenship to all those born on their soil.