The United States Supreme Court has ruled that children born on American soil to undocumented or temporarily present parents are citizens at birth. The decision delivers a sweeping defeat to President Donald Trump's attempt to rewrite the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.
The 5–4 ruling in Trump v Barbara, handed down on 30 June 2026, affirms a lower court injunction that had already blocked enforcement of Executive Order 14160. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. The ruling closes a year-and-a-half legal battle that began the day Trump took office.
