Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump's restrictions

The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship that would have denied citizenship to children born to mothers who are in the country illegally or temporarily.

Edited By LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA, BERNARD MCGHEE and BRIDGET BROWN
Updated 11:16 AM EDT, June 30, 2026
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The decision, in line with the longstanding judicial interpretation of the 14th Amendment, comes on the final day of a Supreme Court term that has centered on Trump’s expansive claims of presidential power — and largely ruled in his favor.

In its other Tuesday rulings, the court upheld laws in roughly half the states that prohibit transgender girls and women from playing on their public school and college sport teams and struck down limits on party spending in federal elections.

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