Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits
Published: July 01, 2026
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of
birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive
order declaring that children born to people who are in the United
States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
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