JAKARTA - The United States Supreme Court (SC) overturned President Donald Trump's executive order restricting citizenship for individuals born in the US. Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed that all children born in the US are protected by the constitution.
In Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court justices are hearing a challenge to the 2025 executive order.
The Trump administration believes that children of temporary visa holders and illegal immigrants should not be protected by the citizenship clause under the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. They claim that the current interpretation of the clause is encouraging the entry of illegal immigrants.
Presiding Judge Roberts delivered the majority opinion agreed to by judges Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Roberts concluded that children born to parents in the US, whether their status is illegal or only temporary, remain "born in the United States" and "subject to that jurisdiction".
"According to the US Constitution, they are US citizens from birth," Roberts said, quoted by ANTARA from Anadolu, Wednesday, July 1.
He said citizenship was the most basic right "to have rights" and participate in political activities.
"The framers of the 14th Amendment made that promise to 'all persons born or naturalized in this State.' We will keep that promise," Roberts said, adding.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh delivered a partial "dissenting opinion" and judges Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch delivered a full "dissenting opinion".
For more than a century, the phrase "subject to such jurisdiction" was understood to grant citizenship to anyone born in the US territory.
Thus, the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn its restrictions keeps the principle of the law in place.
The Trump administration has yet to respond to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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