US Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Trump’s Order to End Birthright Citizenship
The US Supreme Court is currently deliberating on President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders. The central issue before the Court is whether lower federal courts have the authority to issue nationwide injunctions that block such executive actions across the entire country. Background of the Executive Order On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order declaring that children born on US soil to parents who are neither citizens nor lawful permanent residents would no longer be granted automatic citizenship. This move challenges the long-standing interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."Legal experts widely regard this executive order as conflicting […]