By Daniel Rose
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 30, 2026, to strike down the executive order Donald Trump signed on the first day in his second term, which would have denied citizenship to undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority (6-3) opinion, with five justices agreeing, that the president’s order directly violated the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment Citizen Clause.
The roughly 250,000 children born here each year to non-citizen parents will now continue to receive automatic citizenship, as they have to date.
The Trump position is that a birth certificate alone should no longer prove you’re a citizen. Everyone — not just immigrants — would potentially need to document their parents’ status to establish their own citizenship, affecting passports, voting rights and access to legal documents.
Trump has been deeply invested in this court case, personally attending Supreme Court verbal arguments (the very first for a sitting president).
After the decision announcement, Trump publicly proclaimed, “The Supreme Court has upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our country !” He then said that he felt Congress can change it through legislation.
As we celebrate our 250th anniversary, may we look with hope to the future and all we accomplished.