US Supreme Court has decided to consider legal challenge challenging citizenship by birth.
The nation's highest court has agreed to take on a significant case that challenges a historic guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for those born in the United States.
On day one in office this January, President Donald Trump signed an order aiming to end this practice, but the order was subsequently blocked by the judiciary after constitutional questions were initiated.
The Supreme Court's eventual decision will ultimately uphold citizenship rights for the infants of migrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will end those rights completely.
Next, the justices will set a time to hear arguments between the administration and the suing parties, which comprise immigrant parents and their young children.
A Constitutional Cornerstone
For nearly 160 years, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the doctrine that all individuals born in the country is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to diplomats and personnel of foreign military forces.
"Anyone born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
The disputed executive order sought to refuse citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on temporary visas.
The United States is among about 30 countries – largely in the North and South America – that grant immediate citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
