President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship to American citizens will face a hearing in the country’s highest court today.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s emergency request to overturn national injunctions that were preventing his executive order to end birthright citizenship. America’s highest court has scheduled arguments for May 15 at 10 a.m.
Today’s court session will prepare the ground for a ruling this summer over Trump’s ability to proceed with his plans to restrict U.S. citizenship only to children born on American soil to lawful permanent residents.
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order limiting birthright citizenship to infants born to parents who are in the country illegally or to those who are temporarily on a visa, such as tourists or students. According to President Trump’s executive order, children who have parents who are citizens are the only ones eligible to receive American citizenship.
If Trump’s birthright citizenship Order is implemented, parents with valid nonimmigrant visas, such as an H-1B visa and an F-1 student visa, will be required to apply for dependent visas for their newborn children.
Currently, those born in the USA are protected under the 14th Amendment of the American Constitution, which states – The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship to all children born in the United States, regardless of race, color, or ancestry. The Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause states,” All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified shortly after the Civil War, established the right that anyone born in the United States, even the children of illegal immigrants, is automatically granted birthright citizenship.
The Trump administration’s interpretation of this is different. Trump has stated that the 14th Amendment was ratified shortly after the Civil War, granting citizens of the United States automatic citizenship. That indicates that it is “all about slavery,” as Trump stated.
As things stand today, Trump’s unilateral order to deny birthright citizenship to immigrant children has already been blocked by three district judges across the United States, and the Appeals Court refused to revisit those rulings.
The Trump administration has tried to limit those directives so that the Executive Order can be implemented in some or most of the country while legal challenges are being heard. The Supreme Court’s proceedings today may provide some more indications in the Trump birthright citizenship imbroglio.