News · 1 July 2026
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to end birthright citizenship 6-3.
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America's Supreme Court has rejected Donald Trump's attempt to end automatic citizenship for children born in the US to undocumented migrants. In a 6-3 ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts cited the 14th Amendment, passed after the Civil War to grant citizenship to freed slaves. This decision keeps a 150-year-old precedent, frustrating Trump's efforts to restrict immigration.
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