US Supreme Court has blocked Trump birthright Citizenship crackdown in 6–3 ruling.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the United States Supreme Court has struck down efforts by President Donald Trump to restrict birthright citizenship, delivering a major legal setback to his immigration agenda in a 6–3 decision on Tuesday.
The ruling invalidates an executive order issued by Trump that sought to narrow the constitutional guarantee that anyone born on US soil is automatically a citizen of the United States.
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Birthright citizenship is protected under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, which states that all persons born or naturalised in the United States are citizens of the country.
Chief Justice John Roberts, delivering the court’s position, reaffirmed the constitutional principle, stating that citizenship represents the right to have rights and full participation in the American political community.
“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land’. We keep that promise today,” Roberts said.
Lower courts had previously halted enforcement of Trump’s executive order while legal challenges progressed through the judiciary.
Trump had moved to implement the policy on the first day of his second term in office, making it one of his most aggressive attempts to reshape US immigration law.
The decision comes amid growing tensions between the former president and the Supreme Court, particularly following earlier disputes over tariff rulings.
Although Trump appointed three of the nine justices on the court, he has increasingly criticised the institution, predicting that it would ultimately rule against him in the birthright citizenship case.
The ruling is expected to have significant political and legal implications, reaffirming long-standing interpretations of the 14th Amendment while limiting presidential authority over citizenship policy.
