US Supreme Court will hear lawsuit questioning citizenship by birth.

Supreme Court building

The top court has will hear a significant case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born in the United States.

On his first day in office this winter, the President enacted a directive aiming to halt birthright citizenship, but the action was struck down by federal courts after lawsuits were filed.

The Supreme Court's final judgment will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the infants of migrants who are in the US undocumented or on short-term permits, or it will nullify the provision entirely.

Next, the court will set a time to hear the case between the government and claimants, which include foreign-born parents and their infants.

The 14th Amendment

For more than 150 years, the 14th Amendment has established the principle that every person born in the nation is a citizen, with exceptions for children born to foreign diplomats and members of occupying armies.

"Every individual born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."

The contested presidential order sought to refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US in violation of immigration law or are in the country on short-term status.

The United States is among about three dozen nations – primarily in the Western Hemisphere – that award instant citizenship to all those born on their soil.

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