The Supreme Court upheld the principle of birthright citizenship in a ruling for the ages on Tuesday, affirming amid rancorous national debate that people born in this country are in fact American citizens.
The decision handed a key loss to President Donald Trump in a case that in some ways represented the epitome of all his administration has sought on immigration ― the rejection of citizenship for children born on American soil to undocumented parents.
Instead, the court upheld what has been recognized as the law of the land for nearly 160 years, enshrined in the Constitution by ratification of the 14th Amendment shortly after the Civil War. It affirmed citizenship to children in this country to foreign nationals, attesting to the idea that, as one leading Philadelphia immigration lawyer put it, “When you’re born here, you’re part of us.”
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📝 by Jeff Gammage / Staff
The Supreme Court upheld the principle of birthright citizenship in a ruling for the ages on Tuesday, affirming amid rancorous national debate that people born in this country are in fact American citizens.
The decision handed a key loss to President Donald Trump in a case that in some ways represented the epitome of all his administration has sought on immigration ― the rejection of citizenship for children born on American soil to undocumented parents.
Instead, the court upheld what has been recognized as the law of the land for nearly 160 years, enshrined in the Constitution by ratification of the 14th Amendment shortly after the Civil War. It affirmed citizenship to children in this country to foreign nationals, attesting to the idea that, as one leading Philadelphia immigration lawyer put it, “When you’re born here, you’re part of us.”
Read the full story at the link in our bio.
📝 by Jeff Gammage / Staff
