The United States Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to limit birthright citizenship, reaffirming that children born on American soil are entitled to US citizenship under the Constitution.
In a landmark 6–3 ruling delivered on Tuesday, the court held that children born in the United States to parents who are either in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas are citizens at birth. The justices ruled that the executive order violated the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born within the country’s borders.
The decision marks a significant legal defeat for the Trump administration’s immigration agenda and reinforces a constitutional principle that has been in place for more than a century. The ruling is expected to have far-reaching implications for immigration policy and future debates over citizenship rights in the United States.
