{"id":184305,"date":"2026-07-01T03:10:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/supreme-court-upholds-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-immigrants-in-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T03:10:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:10:56","slug":"supreme-court-upholds-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-immigrants-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuevaonda.com\/en\/supreme-court-upholds-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-immigrants-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship for Children of Immigrants in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to one of President Donald Trump\u2019s key immigration policies. In a 6-3 decision, the highest court ruled that birthright citizenship remains protected by the Constitution, thereby overturning the executive order that sought to automatically deny U.S. citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants and individuals with temporary visas who were born on U.S. soil. <\/p>\n

With this ruling, the justices reaffirmed an interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment that has been in effect for more than 150 years and which establishes that virtually every person born in the United States is a citizen from the moment of birth, with very specific exceptions, such as the children of foreign diplomats.<\/p>\n

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Supreme Court Upholds Citizenship by Birth<\/h2>\n
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The majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, concludes that children born in the United States to parents who are in the country unlawfully or with temporary immigration status are \u201csubject to the jurisdiction\u201d of the United States and, therefore, the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees them citizenship from birth.<\/p>\n

The decision is a major blow to Trump<\/a>, who signed the executive order on the same day he began his second presidential term, January 20, 2025.<\/p>\n

During his campaign, the president had promised to end automatic citizenship by birth, arguing that the Fourteenth Amendment had been misinterpreted for decades.<\/p>\n

Not everyone agreed<\/h2>\n
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The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order that sought to redefine the birthright citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, which would have denied citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who were in the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/aLuwhAqFxb<\/a><\/p>\n

– La Jornada (@lajornadaonline) June 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n