🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court will consider lawsuit disputing birthright citizenship. The nation's highest court has will hear a landmark case that puts to the test a longstanding guarantee: automatic citizenship for those born within US borders. On his first day in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to end the policy, but the move was subsequently blocked by lower courts after constitutional questions were brought forward. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US undocumented or on temporary visas, or it will nullify the provision altogether. Next, the justices will set a time to hear the case between the government and claimants, which involve parents who are immigrants and their young children. A Constitutional Cornerstone For more than 150 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has enshrined the doctrine that anyone born in the nation is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign 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 children of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on short-term status. The United States is among about a minority of states – primarily in the Americas – that award immediate citizenship to all those born within their borders.
The nation's highest court has will hear a landmark case that puts to the test a longstanding guarantee: automatic citizenship for those born within US borders. On his first day in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to end the policy, but the move was subsequently blocked by lower courts after constitutional questions were brought forward. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US undocumented or on temporary visas, or it will nullify the provision altogether. Next, the justices will set a time to hear the case between the government and claimants, which involve parents who are immigrants and their young children. A Constitutional Cornerstone For more than 150 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has enshrined the doctrine that anyone born in the nation is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign 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 children of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on short-term status. The United States is among about a minority of states – primarily in the Americas – that award immediate citizenship to all those born within their borders.