In 30 days, children born on US soil will no longer automatically receive American citizenship, overturning a promise made by the US Constitution for more than 155 years. This is the result of the Supreme Court’s decision announced on Friday, June 27, the final day of its annual session.
The decision carries historic weight. It limits the power of federal judges to temporarily block laws and executive orders nationwide, settling a debate over judicial authority that had lasted more than two decades. While the Court had not seen fit to narrow the scope of judicial injunctions under Joe Biden, it has now handed this victory to Donald Trump, who had repeatedly urged Chief Justice John Roberts to rein in the excesses of the judiciary.
The case reached the Court after three federal judges suspended enforcement of Trump’s January 20 executive order – signed on his first day in office – stating that children born on American soil to undocumented parents or temporary residents would no longer automatically receive US citizenship as of February 19. This executive order stood in contradiction to the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1868, which stipulates that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
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