"The Supreme Court is likely to hear oral arguments early next year, with a ruling in June on a matter that has been blocked by several lower courts as being unconstitutional. The United States Supreme Court has agreed to decide the legality of President Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, as the Republican administration continues its broad immigration crackdown."
"Several lower courts have blocked as unconstitutional Trump's attempt to put restrictions on the law that states that anyone born on US soil is automatically an American citizen. Trump signed an executive order on January 20, his first day in office, decreeing that children born to parents in the US illegally or on temporary visas would not automatically become US citizens. Lower courts have ruled the order to be a violation of the 14th Amendment, which states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
"Trump's executive order was premised on the idea that anyone in the US illegally, or on a visa, was not subject to the jurisdiction of the country, and therefore excluded from this category. The Supreme Court rejected such a narrow definition in a landmark 1898 case. The Trump administration has also argued that the 14th Amendment, passed in the wake of the Civil War, addresses the rights of former slaves and not the children of undocumented migrants or temporary US visitors. In a brief with the court, Trump's solicitor general, John Sauer, argued that the erroneous extension of birthright citizenship to the children of illegal aliens has caused substantial harm to the United States."
The Supreme Court agreed to resolve whether President Donald Trump's executive order terminating automatic birthright citizenship is lawful, with oral arguments expected early next year and a decision in June. Multiple lower courts blocked the order as violating the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction. The executive order claimed that people in the country illegally or on temporary visas are not subject to jurisdiction and thus ineligible. The administration argued the amendment targeted former slaves and that expanded birthright citizenship has harmed the United States.
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