The Supreme Court has announced that it will review a legal challenge concerning former President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants.
In January, Trump signed an executive order aiming to halt the automatic granting of U.S. citizenship to the children of undocumented migrants. This move quickly became the subject of intense legal debate.
According to reports from the Guardian, the Supreme Court will consider an appeal from the Justice Department. This appeal contests a lower court’s decision that blocked the implementation of Trump’s directive.
In a July report by News’s John Binder, it was noted that Judge Joseph LaPlante, appointed by former President George W. Bush to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire, had issued a preliminary injunction. This injunction temporarily protected a group of undocumented immigrants who had brought a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
The legal action is reportedly associated with George and Alex Soros’s Open Society Foundations, adding another layer of complexity to the case.
Further complicating matters, Judge Leo Sorokin, an appointee of former President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, upheld a prior nationwide injunction. His ruling effectively maintains the block on Trump’s executive order for the time being.
– News’s John Binder reported in July that Judge Joseph LaPlante of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, “granted a classwide preliminary injunction to illegal aliens who have sued the Trump administration.”
The lawsuit was reported to be “linked to George and Alex Soros’s Open Society Foundations.”
An Obama-appointed judge, Judge Leo Sorokin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, also issued a ruling “that a prior nationwide injunction blocking Trump’s order can stand.”
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reported in 2019 that according to “two new analyses” by CIS, “There are 39,00 births a year to foreign students, guest workers and other on long-term temporary visas.” This is in addition to 33,000 “births annually to tourists,” and to the “nearly 300,000 births each year to illegal immigrants.”
– News reported that roughly 400,00 “anchor babies” were born to illegal aliens, tourists, and foreign visa workers in 2024.
***Update***
According to PBS, “The case will be argued in the spring,” and the Supreme Court will give a “definitive ruling” by early summer 2026.”
