🔗 Share this article US Supreme Court agrees to review case challenging citizenship by birth. The top court has decided to review a significant case that questions a historic constitutional right: automatic citizenship for those born on American soil. On his first day in office this January, the President issued an executive order aiming to halt this practice, but the action was halted by the judiciary after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's eventual judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will end them entirely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear oral arguments between the federal government and the suing parties, which include parents who are immigrants and their young children. The 14th Amendment For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has established the rule that every person born in the United States is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members of foreign military forces. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The disputed directive sought to deny citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is one of about three dozen nations – largely in the North and South America – that award immediate citizenship to all those born in their territory.
The top court has decided to review a significant case that questions a historic constitutional right: automatic citizenship for those born on American soil. On his first day in office this January, the President issued an executive order aiming to halt this practice, but the action was halted by the judiciary after lawsuits were initiated. The Supreme Court's eventual judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of immigrants who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will end them entirely. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear oral arguments between the federal government and the suing parties, which include parents who are immigrants and their young children. The 14th Amendment For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has established the rule that every person born in the United States is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members of foreign military forces. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The disputed directive sought to deny citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is one of about three dozen nations – largely in the North and South America – that award immediate citizenship to all those born in their territory.