The top court has agreed to take on a pivotal case that puts to the test a historic principle: guaranteed citizenship for those born in the United States.
On day one in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to halt this practice, but the move was halted by the judiciary after lawsuits were initiated.
The Supreme Court's ultimate ruling will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of migrants who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will nullify those rights entirely.
Next, the court will calendar a session to hear arguments between the federal government and the suing parties, which include immigrant parents and their infants.
For more than 150 years, the Constitutional amendment has codified the doctrine that all individuals born in the United States is a American citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of occupying armies.
"Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
The contested executive order sought to deny citizenship to the offspring of people who are either in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas.
The United States belongs to a group of about a minority of states – primarily in the Americas – that grant immediate citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
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