US Supreme Court blocks Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship

The United States Supreme Court ruled 5‑4 to reject a Trump administration executive order that sought to eliminate birthright citizenship (jus soli). The majority, composed of Republican justices, held that the order violated the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil, including children of undocumented immigrants. The Court’s decision reaffirms the longstanding constitutional right to citizenship by birth.

President Trump called the ruling “a disaster for the country” and indicated that Congress, also controlled by Republicans, would try to pass legislation to overturn the decision, though no timetable was given.