The Journal. · Tuesday, June 30, 2026
The Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 against an aggressive policy move by Donald Trump to curtail birthright citizenship. This decision upholds the long-standing understanding of the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause, which automatically grants citizenship to nearly everyone born in the United States. The ruling protects the citizenship of hundreds of thousands of future children born in the US to undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors.
“The headline today is that the Supreme Court resoundingly rejected one of Donald Trump's most aggressive policy moves, his bid to curtail birthright citizenship.”
“And why is this decision so important? Well, it's really important because if Trump had succeeded in ending the deep-rooted understanding of birthright citizenship, it would have transformed what it means to be a citizen in America, and it would have jeopardized the citizenship of hundreds of thousands of future children born on American soil to undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors.”
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States.”