On the final day of its current term, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling upholding birthright citizenship — the long-standing principle that any child born on American soil is automatically a United States citizen.
The decision amounts to a major legal setback for President Trump, whose administration had pushed hard to limit this form of citizenship as part of a broader effort to restrict immigration into the country.
The court’s ruling rejected what was described as the most aggressive attempt by the Trump administration to curtail immigration, drawing a firm legal line around a constitutional protection that has been in place for generations.
