The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major defeat by rejecting his bid to restrict birthright citizenship.
The Court upheld lower court decisions that blocked Trump’s executive order. That order would have denied U.S. citizenship to children born here if neither parent was a citizen or legal permanent resident.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that the directive violates the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to virtually anyone born in the U.S.. The ruling also pointed to the 1898 _U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark_ case that affirmed birthright citizenship for children of foreign nationals born on U.S. soil.
With this decision, birthright citizenship remains the law nationwide. Ending it would still require a constitutional amendment or new legislation that survives court challenges. Trump signed the order on his first day back in office as part of a broader immigration crackdown.
