Supreme Court Strikes Down the Birthright Citizenship Order

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the administration could not deny citizenship to children born in the United States based on their parents' immigration status, striking down the legal basis of Executive Order 14160.

The ruling reaffirmed the Fourteenth Amendment's citizenship guarantee against an executive attempt to redefine birthright citizenship by order rather than through constitutional amendment or established legislative process, resolving one of the most closely watched constitutional disputes of the administration.

The Supreme Court's decision struck down Executive Order 14160, and the Justice Department subsequently shifted its enforcement focus to birth-tourism prosecutions rather than the broader citizenship policy.