🔗 Share this article The nation's highest court has decided to consider legal challenge disputing automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The nation's highest court has will hear a landmark case that puts to the test a longstanding principle: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born within US borders. On the inaugural day in office this winter, the administration issued an executive order aiming to terminate this practice, but the move was subsequently blocked by federal courts after lawsuits were filed. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will end them completely. Next, the judges will calendar a session to hear oral arguments between the administration and plaintiffs, which include immigrant parents and their infants. The 14th Amendment For over a century and a half, the 14th Amendment has codified the rule that every person born in the United States is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of foreign military 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 withhold 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 – mostly in the Americas – that grant instant citizenship to any person born in their territory.
The nation's highest court has will hear a landmark case that puts to the test a longstanding principle: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born within US borders. On the inaugural day in office this winter, the administration issued an executive order aiming to terminate this practice, but the move was subsequently blocked by federal courts after lawsuits were filed. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will end them completely. Next, the judges will calendar a session to hear oral arguments between the administration and plaintiffs, which include immigrant parents and their infants. The 14th Amendment For over a century and a half, the 14th Amendment has codified the rule that every person born in the United States is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of foreign military 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 withhold 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 – mostly in the Americas – that grant instant citizenship to any person born in their territory.