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Hoods Finest on Instagram: "The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in a 6-3 decision. In a majority opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court held that children born on American soil are U.S. citizens at birth under the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, regardless of their parents’ immigration status — whether unlawfully present or temporarily in the country. The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 primarily to guarantee citizenship to formerly enslaved Black Americans and their children after the Civil War. Trump argued that the clause was never intended to extend to children of undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors, claiming such parents are not fully “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States. The Court rejected this view, reaffirming more than a century of precedent that birthright citizenship applies broadly to nearly everyone born on U.S. soil.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​...

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