The United States Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the country to parents who are in the U.S. illegally or temporarily.

In a 6-3 ruling delivered on Tuesday, June 30, the court held that Trump's executive order violates the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees citizenship to anyone born on American soil and subject to the country's jurisdiction.

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said children born to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present in the United States satisfy the constitutional requirements for citizenship.

"Under the Constitution, they are citizens at birth," Roberts wrote, adding that the 14th Amendment was adopted after the American Civil War to guarantee citizenship rights to all people born in the United States.

"Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights—to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to 'every free-born person in this land.' We keep that promise today," he stated.

The ruling overturns an executive order signed by Trump on January 20, 2025, shortly after he began his second term in office. The order sought to deny automatic U.S. citizenship to babies born in the country whose parents were either undocumented immigrants or were in the U.S. on a temporary basis.

The decision represents a significant legal setback for Trump, who has repeatedly pledged to end birthright citizenship as part of his broader immigration agenda.

Justice Samuel Alito, in a dissenting opinion, described the judgment as "one of the most important decisions in the history of the Court" but argued that the majority had made "a serious mistake." He maintained that the 14th Amendment should apply only to children who owe sole allegiance to the United States at birth.

With the ruling, the Supreme Court has effectively blocked the implementation of Trump's executive order, reaffirming that children born in the United States remain entitled to citizenship regardless of their parents' immigration status.

US Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship

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