US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in 6-3 ruling against Trump

WASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday to preserve birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's effort to reinterpret federal law and limit the automatic grant of citizenship to people born on American soil. The decision leaves intact roughly 150 years of legal precedent guaranteeing citizenship to nearly all individuals born in the United States. Trump signed an executive order on his first day of his second term seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the US, including to parents present in the country on student visas. The administration argued that federal statutes should be reinterpreted to exclude such children from automatic citizenship. The court's majority ruled that federal authorities must continue applying the long-standing interpretation of the Citizenship Clause, which grants citizenship to anyone born on US soil. The three dissenting justices supported the administration's position, according to the ruling. The case followed a months-long legal battle in federal courts challenging the executive order. The Supreme Court's decision closes the first major legal chapter on the policy, though the administration could pursue further legislative or regulatory measures to advance its goal.