The nation's highest court will hear lawsuit challenging birthright citizenship.
The top court has will hear a significant case that questions a longstanding guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for those born on American soil.
On the inaugural day in office this winter, the administration issued an executive order aiming to terminate the policy, but the action was subsequently blocked by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward.
The Supreme Court's eventual ruling will either affirm citizenship rights for the children of migrants who are in the US without authorization or on temporary visas, or it will overturn the provision entirely.
Next, the court will schedule a date to hear the case between the administration and the suing parties, which involve immigrant parents and their young children.
The 14th Amendment
For nearly 160 years, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the principle that every person born in the United States is a US citizen, with certain exclusions for children born to diplomats and personnel of invading forces.
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."
The disputed executive order sought to deny citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US illegally or are in the country on temporary visas.
The United States is among about a minority of states – mostly in the Western Hemisphere – that grant automatic citizenship to anyone born in their territory.
