Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches Supreme Court After 125-Year Legal Standoff

President Trump signed an executive order on January 20, 2025, directing federal agencies to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents. The case has reached the Supreme Court, challenging the 1898 Wong Kim Ark precedent for the first time via executive action. The Court must decide whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause extends citizenship to all persons born on U.S. soil, or permits the exclusion of children whose parents lack legal authorization.