The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order excluding children of illegal immigrants and legal temporary visitors from automatic birthright citizenship.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion in the case, which is known as Trump v. Barbara.
“A child born on American soil and subject to American law was made an American citizen,” Roberts wrote.
Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Samuel Alito dissented.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh concurred in the decision to invalidate the executive order but disagreed with aspects of the reasoning in the majority opinion.
Trump’s Executive Order 14160 focuses on the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause, which states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.”…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
