The top court has decided to review a landmark case that puts to the test a century-old principle: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born on American soil.
On day one in office this January, the administration issued an executive order aiming to halt birthright citizenship, but the order was subsequently blocked by federal courts after legal challenges were filed.
The Supreme Court's final judgment will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the children of foreign nationals who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will overturn them altogether.
Next, the justices will set a time to hear oral arguments between the government and claimants, which include immigrant parents and their young children.
For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has codified the rule that all individuals born in the nation is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to 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 disputed directive sought to refuse citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on non-permanent visas.
The United States belongs to a group of about three dozen nations – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that award immediate citizenship to any person born in their territory.
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