The United States Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship.
In a 6-3 ruling delivered on Tuesday, the court held that the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship at birth to children born in the country, including those whose parents are undocumented immigrants or are residing in the United States on a temporary basis.
The decision marks a significant setback for Trump’s efforts to narrow the scope of the citizenship clause contained in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Writing for the majority, John Roberts, the chief justice, said the constitutional guarantee of citizenship remains a foundational principle of American democracy.
“Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community. The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land’,” Roberts wrote.
“We keep that promise
