Overview
- Executive Order 14160 would deny citizenship to most U.S.-born children unless a parent is a citizen or lawful permanent resident.
- Lower federal courts have rejected the order and kept it from taking effect, and the Supreme Court will hear Trump v. Barbara on April 1.
- Following a separate tariffs defeat, President Trump used a Truth Social post to warn the Court against a "wrong" decision in the citizenship case.
- The 1898 ruling in United States v. Wong Kim Ark underpins arguments that the 14th Amendment guarantees jus soli citizenship, while Solicitor General John Sauer urges reversal as a border-security priority.
- Advocacy groups caution that ending birthright citizenship risks statelessness and a permanent underclass, and claims about widespread "birth tourism" remain unproven with estimates ranging from under 2,000 to 33,000 births a year.