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Trump loses Supreme Court battle over birthright citizenship
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s historic bid to restrict birthright citizenship.
- The court, in an eagerly awaited decision on the final day of its term, ruled 6-3 to maintain the right to American citizenship for nearly everyone born on US soil.
- Lower courts blocked the move, ruling that under the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment nearly everyone born on US soil is an American citizen.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s historic bid to restrict birthright citizenship.
The court, in an eagerly awaited decision on the final day of its term, ruled 6-3 to maintain the right to American citizenship for nearly everyone born on US soil.
Trump signed an executive order last year on the first day of his second term in the White House decreeing that children born to parents in the United States illegally or on temporary visas would not automatically become US citizens.
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