On June 30, 2026, the United States Supreme Court decided an important case about birthright citizenship — the long-standing rule that a child born in the United States is a U.S. citizen. We are sharing this plain-language summary so you can understand what the Court decided and how it may affect your family.
In a 6–3 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship to virtually all children born on U.S. soil, and that the January 2025 executive order attempting to end it is invalid and cannot be enforced.
In January 2025, an executive order tried to change the rules. It said that children born in the United States would not be citizens if their parents were undocumented or were in the country only temporarily. Several families went to court, and the question reached the Supreme Court: does the Constitution still guarantee citizenship to these children? The Court answered yes.
If your child was born in the United States, your child is a United States citizen — no matter what your own immigration status is. The executive order cannot be used to deny or take away that citizenship.
Yes. The Supreme Court confirmed that a child born in the United States is a citizen at birth, regardless of the parents’ immigration status. The executive order cannot be used to deny that citizenship.
No. The decision concerns the citizenship of children born on U.S. soil. It does not, by itself, change the parents’ immigration status or grant any immigration benefit to the parents.
One Justice suggested Congress might attempt legislation in the future, but no such law exists today, and the constitutional protection remains in place. We will update our clients if anything changes.
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