US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship

Handing President Donald Trump a stinging defeat, the court on Tuesday rejected his audacious attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the US — a right long woven into the fabric of American society.

In a 6-3 ruling, the justices upheld a lower court's decision that blocked Trump's executive order directing US agencies not to recognise the citizenship of children born in the ​US if neither parent is an American citizen or legal permanent resident.

Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, ‌who authored the decision, said Trump's directive violates language in the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

Following the ruling, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that it was "too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress."

The court's conservative majority has backed Trump on other major immigration-related policies since he returned to the presidency.

-Reuters