US Supreme Court has decided to review case questioning citizenship by birth.
The US Supreme Court has decided to review a landmark case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for those born within US borders.
On his first day in office this winter, President Donald Trump signed an order aiming to end birthright citizenship, but the move was halted by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward.
The Supreme Court's eventual judgment will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the infants of foreign nationals who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will overturn those rights entirely.
Next, the justices will calendar a session to hear arguments between the administration and the suing parties, which involve immigrant parents and their infants.
The 14th Amendment
For over a century and a half, the Fourteenth Amendment has enshrined the principle that anyone born in the United States is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to embassy personnel and personnel of invading forces.
"Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
The contested executive order sought to deny citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas.
The United States is among about three dozen nations â mostly in the Western Hemisphere â that provide automatic citizenship to all those born on their soil.
