The US Supreme Court has will hear a landmark case that questions a longstanding constitutional right: automatic citizenship for people born in the United States.
On day one in office this winter, the President issued an executive order aiming to halt the policy, but the action was halted by lower courts after lawsuits were brought forward.
The Supreme Court's eventual ruling will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the offspring of immigrants who are in the US without authorization or on short-term permits, or it will end the provision completely.
Next, the judges will schedule a date to hear arguments between the administration and claimants, which include parents who are immigrants and their infants.
For more than 150 years, the Constitutional amendment has established the doctrine that every person born in the United States is a American citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to foreign diplomats and members of invading forces.
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
The disputed executive order sought to withhold citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on non-permanent visas.
The United States is one of about 30 countries – largely in the Americas – that provide automatic citizenship to all those born within their borders.
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