🔗 Share this article America's top judicial body will review case disputing citizenship by birth. The top court has agreed to take on a pivotal case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: automatic citizenship for individuals born on American soil. On the inaugural day in office this January, the President signed an order aiming to terminate the policy, but the action was subsequently blocked by federal courts after legal challenges were initiated. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will either uphold citizenship rights for the offspring of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on non-immigrant visas, or it will nullify them altogether. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear oral arguments between the administration and claimants, which include foreign-born parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the rule that anyone born in the nation is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of foreign military forces. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The disputed directive sought to withhold citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is one of about three dozen nations – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that award immediate citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
The top court has agreed to take on a pivotal case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: automatic citizenship for individuals born on American soil. On the inaugural day in office this January, the President signed an order aiming to terminate the policy, but the action was subsequently blocked by federal courts after legal challenges were initiated. The Supreme Court's ultimate judgment will either uphold citizenship rights for the offspring of foreign nationals who are in the US illegally or on non-immigrant visas, or it will nullify them altogether. Next, the justices will schedule a date to hear oral arguments between the administration and claimants, which include foreign-born parents and their newborns. The Legal Foundation For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the rule that anyone born in the nation is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of foreign military forces. "Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The disputed directive sought to withhold citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on non-permanent visas. The United States is one of about three dozen nations – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that award immediate citizenship to anyone born in their territory.