Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship Reaches Supreme Court

Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship Reaches Supreme Court

President Trump's January 20 executive order directing agencies to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents has reached the Supreme Court. The justices must decide whether the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to all persons born on American soil, or allows exceptions based on parental immigration status. The case challenges a precedent from 1898 for the first time through executive action.

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