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The Supreme Court just delivered a landmark ruling, striking down President Trump’s executive order that sought to end birthright citizenship — a move that would have denied citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented parents. In a 6-3 decision, the Court reaffirmed the Constitution’s bedrock principle: anyone born on American soil is automatically a citizen, as guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment since 1868. The administration’s argument that these children weren’t “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” was soundly rejected. This decision, coming alongside rulings that greenlighted major immigration policy shifts, underscores the Court’s role in upholding foundational citizenship rights — even as debates over immigration continue to intensify.

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