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Supreme Court Reviews Legality of Trump Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship
President Trump signed an order in January 2025 that would deny citizenship to children of parents in the country illegally or temporarily. The order could affect 250,000 children each year.
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The Supreme Court is currently weighing the legality of an executive order signed by President Trump in January 2025 that seeks to limit citizenship for children born to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily. U.S. Constitution grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
The order would change that practice for a specific group of births. Pew Research Center estimates the order could affect a quarter of a million children per year. CBS News reported the figure in coverage of the policy.
Correspondent Mo Rocca interviewed constitutional experts about birthright citizenship and the effects of denying it. The interviews examined the nation's longstanding embrace of immigrants and what denying citizenship might mean.
The Supreme Court has not yet issued a ruling on its constitutionality.
