US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, blocks Trump order
The ruling blocks Trump’s order and preserves citizenship for nearly all U.S.-born children, with three justices dissenting.
- On Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship in a 6-3 ruling, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to deny citizenship to children born in the United States to parents with unlawful or temporary status.
- President Trump's executive order, signed on his first day in office, sought to unilaterally redefine the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause, affecting more than one-quarter of a million babies born in the United States annually.
- Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion pointed to the 1898 landmark ruling in Wong Kim Ark, determining that children born on United States soil are "subject to the jurisdiction" of the nation and are citizens at birth.
- Dissenting from the decision were Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Samuel Alito. During oral arguments, U.S. solicitor general John Sauer argued the Constitution "does not extend citizenship to temporary visa holders and illegal aliens."
- The ACLU's Cecillia Wang noted the Fourteenth Amendment was written to confer automatic citizenship on the child. "In America we do not punish children for the sins of their fathers," she stated, "but instead we wipe the slate clean.
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The US Supreme Court has overturned US President Donald Trump's executive order revoking the right to birthright citizenship
By six votes to three, the highest court in the United States rejected, on Tuesday, 30 June, the President's attempt to restrict the right to citizenship for illegal immigrant children.
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