The Supreme Court reaffirmed that, under longstanding constitutional precedent, children born in the United States to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on a temporary legal basis are generally considered “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and therefore acquire U. S.
citizenship at birth.
soil are citizens regardless of their parents’ immigration status
Wong Kim Ark, which established that most children born on U. S. soil are citizens regardless of their parents’ immigration status.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh filed a separate opinion concurring in the judgment that the executive order could not take effect while differing with part of the majority’s constitutional analysis.
