Supreme Court Defends Birthright Citizenship | Greenville News

Greenville News Today | 2 Min | The Daily News Now! · Jun 30, 2026 · 2m

The Supreme Court just delivered a major blow to President Trump’s immigration agenda by upholding birthright citizenship — the bedrock principle that anyone born on U.S. soil is automatically a citizen. Rejecting an executive order aimed at stripping citizenship from children of undocumented or visa-holding parents, the Court anchored its decision firmly in the Fourteenth Amendment, reaffirming a legal standard that’s stood for over a century. While the majority agreed on the outcome, they split on how to get there — with some justices citing the Constitution itself and others relying on…