🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court agrees to consider legal challenge disputing automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that challenges a century-old constitutional right: automatic citizenship for people born in the United States. On his first day in office this winter, the administration issued an executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the move was halted by lower courts after legal challenges were initiated. The Supreme Court's final ruling will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of immigrants who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will nullify them completely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear the case between the government and claimants, which include parents who are immigrants and their young children. The Legal Foundation For over a century and a half, the 14th Amendment has codified the doctrine that all individuals born in the nation is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to 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 contested executive order sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about a minority of states – largely in the Western Hemisphere – that provide instant citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that challenges a century-old constitutional right: automatic citizenship for people born in the United States. On his first day in office this winter, the administration issued an executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the move was halted by lower courts after legal challenges were initiated. The Supreme Court's final ruling will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of immigrants who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will nullify them completely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear the case between the government and claimants, which include parents who are immigrants and their young children. The Legal Foundation For over a century and a half, the 14th Amendment has codified the doctrine that all individuals born in the nation is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to 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 contested executive order sought to withhold citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on short-term status. The United States belongs to a group of about a minority of states – largely in the Western Hemisphere – that provide instant citizenship to anyone born in their territory.