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The Supreme Court just delivered a major win for birthright citizenship, striking down President Trump’s executive order that sought to strip automatic citizenship from children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporary-status parents. The ruling reaffirms the Fourteenth Amendment’s clear language that anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. is a citizen — a decision hailed by immigrant advocates and legal leaders like Connecticut’s Attorney General William Tong, who called it a “second ratification” of the amendment. While the majority opinion stands firm, Justice Thomas dissented, arguing the ruling undermines citizenship’s value, and Justice Kavanaugh agreed with the outcome but urged Congress to take legislative action. Though this is a significant victory, the court’s recent support for other immigration rollbacks — like ending Temporary Protected Status — reminds us the battle for immigrant rights is far from over.

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