Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship

The Supreme Court has rejected an effort to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States. In a six-to-three decision, the court blocked a proposed policy that would have denied automatic citizenship to children born in America if neither parent was a citizen or legal permanent resident. According to Channel NewsAsia, the court's majority upheld the longstanding interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, which grants citizenship to virtually all children born on American soil.

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