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Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship | Providence News
The Supreme Court just struck down Trump’s controversial executive order trying to end birthright citizenship, ruling 6-3 that it violates the Constitution. This long-standing legal principle, rooted in the 14th Amendment since 1868, guarantees citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil — with rare exceptions. Trump’s team argued undocumented parents didn’t truly fall under U.S. jurisdiction, calling it a tool to curb illegal immigration and “birth tourism,” but the Court sided with states and lower courts that had already deemed the order unconstitutional. This decision arrives amid other major…
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