Understanding the Long Fight Over Birthright Citizenship

In rejecting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end automatic US citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country unlawfully or on temporary visas, the Supreme Court on June 30 upheld more than a century of legal precedent. There have been previous efforts to put restrictions on birthright citizenship dating back to decades after the concept was enshrined in the US Constitution. The Supreme Court has asserted, again, that such attempts can’t be squared with the document’s 14th Am