US Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Restrict Birthright Citizenship
The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship, preserving the constitutional right to American citizenship for nearly everyone born on U.S. soil.
In a closely watched ruling delivered on the final day of its current term, the court voted 6-3 against the proposal, dealing a major setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to narrow the scope of the constitutional guarantee of citizenship by birth.
The decision upholds the long-standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which grants citizenship to almost all individuals born within the United States, regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
The ruling is regarded as a significant victory for immigrant rights advocates and preserves a constitutional principle that has been in place for more than a century.
The decision marks one of the most consequential judgments of the court’s current term and is expected to have far-reaching implications for U.S. immigration policy and constitutional law.