U. S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Curtail Birthright Citizenship
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U. S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Curtail Birthright Citizenship
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Trump’s attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, a rejection of his most aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration.
The decision — Trump v. Barbara — had three dissenters — Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Samuel A. Alito Jr.
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The decision rebuffs Trump’s bid to upend the deep-rooted understanding that virtually everyone born on American soil is automatically a U.S. citizen.
The case challenged a Trump executive order.
Trump issued the order on the first day of his second term.
It declared that future children born in the U.S. wouldn’t be considered citizens if their parents were living in the country illegally or visiting on temporary visas.
"The executive order never took effect. It was quickly blocked by multiple lower courts because it appeared to conflict with the 14th Amendment, which was ratified in 1868 and states that ‘all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,’” wrote the Wall Street Journal.