🔗 Share this article The nation's highest court will hear case questioning automatic citizenship for those born in the US. The top court has will hear a landmark case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born on American soil. On the inaugural day in office this January, the administration enacted a directive aiming to end the policy, but the action was halted by lower courts after constitutional questions were brought forward. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will nullify them altogether. Next, the court will calendar a session to hear arguments between the federal government and the suing parties, which involve immigrant parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has established the rule that all individuals born in the nation is a US citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel 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 disputed executive order sought to refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is among about three dozen nations – largely in the Americas – that grant instant citizenship to anyone born within their borders.
The top court has will hear a landmark case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born on American soil. On the inaugural day in office this January, the administration enacted a directive aiming to end the policy, but the action was halted by lower courts after constitutional questions were brought forward. The Supreme Court's ultimate decision will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will nullify them altogether. Next, the court will calendar a session to hear arguments between the federal government and the suing parties, which involve immigrant parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has established the rule that all individuals born in the nation is a US citizen, with exceptions for children born to embassy personnel 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 disputed executive order sought to refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is among about three dozen nations – largely in the Americas – that grant instant citizenship to anyone born within their borders.