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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Bernadette B. Tixon

Supreme Court Takes Up Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban as Legal Battle Reaches Final Stage

The Supreme Court will decide by June or early July 2026 whether President Trump can constitutionally end birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented or temporary visitors in the United States. (Credit: Pexels)

The Supreme Court has agreed to determine the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to remove citizenship from babies born on American soil if their parents are here illegally or temporarily.

Trump signed this executive order on his first day back in office. This move has upended over a century of how the US has defined citizenship. His plan states that if a person is born in the US but their parents are undocumented or here on temporary visas, it means they are not getting citizenship. Never mind what the 14th Amendment says.

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