🔗 Share this article The nation's highest court has decided to consider legal challenge disputing automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The US Supreme Court has agreed to take on a pivotal case that challenges a longstanding constitutional right: birthright citizenship for those born within US borders. On his first day in office this January, the administration enacted a directive aiming to halt the policy, but the order was halted by lower courts after lawsuits were filed. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will either affirm citizenship rights for the children of immigrants who are in the US without authorization or on temporary visas, or it will end them altogether. Next, the judges will set a time to hear arguments between the federal government and plaintiffs, which include immigrant parents and their infants. A Constitutional Cornerstone For more than 150 years, the Constitutional amendment has codified the rule that all individuals born in the nation is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of invading forces. "Every individual 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 either in the US illegally or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that award automatic citizenship to any person born in their territory.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to take on a pivotal case that challenges a longstanding constitutional right: birthright citizenship for those born within US borders. On his first day in office this January, the administration enacted a directive aiming to halt the policy, but the order was halted by lower courts after lawsuits were filed. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will either affirm citizenship rights for the children of immigrants who are in the US without authorization or on temporary visas, or it will end them altogether. Next, the judges will set a time to hear arguments between the federal government and plaintiffs, which include immigrant parents and their infants. A Constitutional Cornerstone For more than 150 years, the Constitutional amendment has codified the rule that all individuals born in the nation is a citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of invading forces. "Every individual 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 either in the US illegally or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States belongs to a group of about 30 countries – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that award automatic citizenship to any person born in their territory.