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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino and agencies

US supreme court to decide on legality of Trump birthright citizenship order

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The US supreme court in Washington. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The US supreme court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of Donald Trump’s order to heavily restrict the right to birthright citizenship, the long-held constitutional principle that individuals born on US soil are automatically United States citizens.

The justices will hear the president’s request to uphold his executive order on birthright citizenship, issued just hours after Trump took office for his second term and immediately blocked from taking effect.

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