🔗 Share this article The nation's highest court will review case questioning automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The top court has will hear a significant case that questions a longstanding guarantee: automatic citizenship for those born on American soil. On his first day in office this January, the President signed an order aiming to terminate the policy, but the order was subsequently blocked by the judiciary after lawsuits were brought forward. The Supreme Court's final judgment will either affirm citizenship rights for the offspring of migrants who are in the US without authorization or on temporary visas, or it will nullify those rights completely. Next, the court will calendar a session to hear oral arguments between the administration and claimants, which involve parents who are immigrants and their newborns. The 14th Amendment For over a century and a half, the Constitutional amendment has established the principle that all individuals born in the country is a US citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of foreign military forces. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The challenged 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 short-term status. The United States is one of about 30 countries – mostly in the North and South America – that provide automatic citizenship to all those born in their territory.
The top court has will hear a significant case that questions a longstanding guarantee: automatic citizenship for those born on American soil. On his first day in office this January, the President signed an order aiming to terminate the policy, but the order was subsequently blocked by the judiciary after lawsuits were brought forward. The Supreme Court's final judgment will either affirm citizenship rights for the offspring of migrants who are in the US without authorization or on temporary visas, or it will nullify those rights completely. Next, the court will calendar a session to hear oral arguments between the administration and claimants, which involve parents who are immigrants and their newborns. The 14th Amendment For over a century and a half, the Constitutional amendment has established the principle that all individuals born in the country is a US citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of foreign military forces. "Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The challenged 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 short-term status. The United States is one of about 30 countries – mostly in the North and South America – that provide automatic citizenship to all those born in their territory.