🔗 Share this article America's top judicial body has decided to hear legal challenge challenging citizenship by birth. The US Supreme Court has agreed to take on a significant case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: birthright citizenship for those born on American soil. On day one in office this January, the President enacted a directive aiming to end the policy, but the order was struck down by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward. The Supreme Court's eventual ruling will either uphold citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on non-immigrant visas, or it will nullify the provision completely. Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the administration and the suing parties, which involve immigrant parents and their infants. The 14th Amendment For over a century and a half, the 14th Amendment has codified the doctrine that anyone born in the country is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members of invading 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 refuse citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is among about three dozen nations – mostly in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to take on a significant case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: birthright citizenship for those born on American soil. On day one in office this January, the President enacted a directive aiming to end the policy, but the order was struck down by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward. The Supreme Court's eventual ruling will either uphold citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on non-immigrant visas, or it will nullify the provision completely. Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the administration and the suing parties, which involve immigrant parents and their infants. The 14th Amendment For over a century and a half, the 14th Amendment has codified the doctrine that anyone born in the country is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel and members of invading 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 refuse citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas. The United States is among about three dozen nations – mostly in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to anyone born in their territory.