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Birthright Citizenship Order Blocked
Supreme Court blocks the birthright citizenship order, keeping citizenship at birth for babies of unlawfully or temporarily present parents
Latest development Court keeps birthright citizenship as Trump turns to Congress
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The Supreme Court rejected Trump's first-day order limiting birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to unlawfully or temporarily present parents.
- Frame 1Supreme Court blocks the birthright citizenship order, keeping citizenship at birth for babies of unlawfully or temporarily present parents.
- Frame 2Legal test: the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause covers birth in the United States, not a new parent-status threshold.
- Frame 3The administration's rule depended on permanent domicile; the ruling rejects that constraint for Wong Kim Ark.
- Frame 4The enforcement path ran from a first-day order to state and civil-rights lawsuits in federal court.
- Frame 5The document chain starts with birth records, then citizenship proof, agency verification, and federal eligibility questions.
- Frame 6Next fights move through Congress, agencies, or appeal, but this executive-order route is blocked.
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- Jun 30, 6:26 PM EDT
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