In a historic ruling, the US Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a Trump administration executive order targeting birthright citizenship, preserving a defining principle of what it means to be born an American.
The court ruled 6-3 in Trump v Barbara, holding that children born in the United States to undocumented parents or parents on temporary visas are entitled to US citizenship.
While undocumented immigration has long been central to the debate about birthright citizenship, so-called birth…