The 14th amendment guarantees citizenship to almost anyone born on US soil - known as birthright citizenship. It's been part of the US constitution for nearly 160 years.

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide on President Trump's executive order aiming to restrict birthright citizenship for children of immigrants not legally residing in the U.S.…

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The US Supreme Court has blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, leaving US law unchanged. But why was the issue so important to Donald Trump, and what does…

The US Supreme Court will soon decide whether being born in the USA is still enough to make a person a US citizen. The repeal of birthright citizenship is important to Donald…

US President Donald Trump had issued an executive order that would have changed constitutional guarantees that people born on US soil are citizens.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.

Court rules against Trump administration on policy that people born in the United States are citizens

The Supreme Court has struck down Donald Trump’s attempt to block automatic birthright citizenship to newborns in the U.S., dealing a massive blow to the president’s…

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that birthright citizenship is constitutional, dealing a blow to Donald Trump's anti-immigrant agenda.

The Trump administration sought to upend the historical understanding of the 14th Amendment, which has long been interpreted to extend birthright citizenship broadly.

The Constitution’s promise of what makes an American an American remains.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a significant blow to President Trump, rejecting his attempt to restrict birthright citizenship for children of immigrants. The 6-3 ruling…

Birthright citizenship order, which Donald Trump signed on the first day of his second term, is part of his administrations broad immigration crackdown.

US President Donald Trump's second term began with efforts to reinterpret the 14th Amendment, targeting birthright citizenship.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship in the U.S. by executive order.

Donald Trump's controversial attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the US is rejected by the Supreme Court, upending the president's hardline agenda on immigration.

The Supreme Court rejected Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, affirming that children born in the U.S., regardless of parents' status, are American citizens.

US Supreme Court blocks Trump’s order limiting birthright citizenship, reaffirming 14th Amendment protections for children born in the United States.

The court ruled in favour of the right to US citizenship for nearly everyone born on American soil.