WASHINGTON (AP) – A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.The justices relied on a long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in ruling that anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions, is a citizen.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh both concurred and dissented in the ruling.

The high court struck down Donald Trump’s executive order overturning birthright citizenship.

The Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order limiting birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.

Ruling is a rebuke to the Trump administration’s immigration agenda