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The Supreme Court is grappling with President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order that could have significant consequences for determining who is and who isn't an American. |
Welcome, This is America readers, I'm Phillip M. Bailey, chief political correspondent with USA TODAY. |
Under the U.S. Constitution, the 14th Amendment grants automatic citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized" in the country or its jurisdictions. But as part of the administration's aggressive strategy to restrict immigration, the president issued an executive order last year saying that doesn't apply to the children of people who are in the country illegally or temporarily. |
Much of the case hangs on how the current court views a landmark 1898 ruling upholding the citizenship of a San Francisco-born man whose Chinese parents were barred from becoming citizens under the laws of the time. |
During the April 1 oral arguments , which Trump attended in person, some of the conservative-leaning justices seemed skeptical about administration's legal presentation. | People demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's expected arrival on April 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. Al Drago, Getty Images |
For more on birthright citizenship, check out USA TODAY's coverage: |
Is Trump citizenship order doomed? Every other court that has reviewed Trump's executive order severely restricting birthright citizenship ruled against it. But the conservative justices, who have a 6-3 majority, also had probing questions for the other side. |
U.S. isn't the only country to offer birthright citizenship: Take a look. |
How many people gain U.S. citizenship by birthright? See the numbers. |
Congressional Black Caucus scholarships face legal scrutiny |
At issue is eligibility for the foundation's CBC Spouses Education Scholarship, which is limited to Black students in congressional districts represented by 62-member caucus. |
The scholarships, according to the CBC foundation, help Black students navigate "inequitable education systems" amid shrinking federal investments in education, according to a February blog post . |
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