The US Supreme Court has struck down an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump that aimed to end automatic birthright citizenship for children born on American soil.
A majority of five Justices decided that Trump's order violated the country's 14th Amendment.
Chief Justice John Roberts joined Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson in agreeing that the policy was unlawful. Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred in the judgement but wrote separately that he did not agree that the order violated the 14th Amendment, although he said it "does contravene a federal statute".
Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito filed dissenting opinions.
Trump signed the order in January 2025 as he began his second term in the White House, which has been marked by efforts to impose limits on both legal and illegal immigration. It said that 30 days after its effective date, children born in the US would no longer be entitled to citizenship at birth if their parents had been in the country illegally or temporarily.
