SCOTUS to Review Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order, a move that would change who is considered a citizen at birth. The order, signed on January 20, seeks to exclude children born to parents in the United States illegally or temporarily from automatic citizenship under the 14th Amendment. The court will hear the appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the citizenship restrictions, and the order has not taken effect anywhere in the country. The case will be argued in the spring, with a definitive ruling expected by early summer.

The birthright citizenship order is the first immigration-related policy in this wave of crackdowns to reach the Supreme Court for a final ruling. It forms part of a broad administration effort that includes immigration enforcement surges in several cities and the first peacetime invocation of the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act. While emergency orders have shown the justices’ willingness to intervene in immigration matters, they have also sent mixed signals in other cases, such as temporarily allowing sweeping immigration stops in the Los Angeles area after a lower court blocked practices based on race, language, job, or location.

The administration has also sought to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area for immigration enforcement actions, a plan blocked by a lower court. The birthright citizenship policy would upend more than 125 years of understanding that the Constitution's 14th Amendment confers citizenship on everyone born on American soil, with narrow exceptions for the children of foreign diplomats and those born to foreign parents. A ruling in the coming months could reshape citizenship norms and fuel ongoing political and legal debates about immigration policy.

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