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Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan | Columbus News
The Supreme Court just delivered a major blow to President Trump’s immigration agenda by ruling his attempt to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents is unconstitutional. The justices unanimously affirmed that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees citizenship to anyone born on American soil — regardless of parental status — a principle that Trump’s policy sought to dismantle. The president himself appeared at oral arguments, seemingly aware he was likely to lose — and he was. While the majority opinion, led by Chief Justice Roberts and joined by liberal…
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