Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship

The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a blow to Donald Trump's efforts to alter the nation's immigration policy, ruling against his attempt to end birthright citizenship. The court's decision ensures that children born in the United States will continue to automatically acquire U.S. citizenship.

Trump had advocated for revoking birthright citizenship for children whose parents were in the U.S. temporarily or without proper documentation. Critics argued that such a move would contradict the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

The principle of "jus soli," Latin for "right of the soil," has been a cornerstone of U.S. citizenship law since 1868. This ruling reaffirms the long-standing practice that guarantees automatic citizenship to nearly every child born within U.S. territory.

Observers had anticipated the court's rejection of Trump's proposal, noting that even conservative justices did not appear inclined to support a change to the established U.S. citizenship law during the oral arguments.