The US Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, ruling that children born in the US are citizens under the Constitution regardless of their parents' immigration status. The decision also casts fresh scrutiny on Trump's repeated claims about the policy, including that the US is the only country with birthright citizenship and that it's driving widespread abuse.
Tuesday's ruling rejects Trump's executive order, signed on the first day of his second term, which sought to deny automatic citizenship to babies born to parents who are in the US unlawfully or temporarily. The court found that such children are "citizens at birth" under the 14th Amendment.
