A crowd of families, lawyers, and organizers packed the plaza outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 30, as word spread that the justices had rejected President Trump's attempt to strip citizenship from babies born on U.S. soil to noncitizen parents.
The 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Barbara leaves intact the interpretation of the 14th Amendment that has stood since Reconstruction: birth in the United States confers citizenship, regardless of a parent's immigration status. The decision voids the executive order Trump signed on his first day back in office in January 2025, which would have denied citizenship recognition to children whose parents were undocumented or present on temporary visas.
