Trump suffers major Supreme Court defeat as justices uphold birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship, preserving the long-standing constitutional interpretation that most children born in the United States are automatically U.S. citizens, including children born to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present in the country.

The ruling is a major setback for Trump, who made curbing birthright citizenship a key part of his immigration agenda.

Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office that would eliminate birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally or are in the country temporarily.

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Multiple lawsuits followed the executive order. After the Supreme Court curtailed the use of nationwide injunctions, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a nationwide class-action lawsuit on behalf of families affected by the policy. The suit, led by a Honduran woman identified only as "Barbara" to protect her identity, challenged the order as unconstitutional and argued it violated the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship.

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