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Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship | Auckland News
The Supreme Court just delivered a major blow to Trump’s immigration agenda, upholding birthright citizenship in a 6-3 ruling that confirms anyone born on U.S. soil is automatically a citizen — no matter their parents’ immigration status. Trump’s executive order attempting to block citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants or visa holders was swiftly rejected by lower courts and now officially overturned by the highest court. The decision reaffirms the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, citing a 1898 landmark case to show that “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” means…
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