Trump's Citizenship Order at Supreme Court

0:00It's April 1st, Canada News Today starts now, AI powered and ready. The Supreme Court just heard arguments on President Trump's executive order challenging birthright citizenship. The order says kids born in the U.S. to parents here illegally or on temporary visas don't get automatic citizenship. Trump showed up in person Wednesday, the first sitting president ever to attend oral arguments at the high court. Lower courts and places like New Hampshire already struck it down, so it hasn't taken effect anywhere. This stems from Trump's immigration push on day one of his second term. It tests his executive power against the 14th Amendment from 1868, which grants citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil and subject to. It's laws. The administration claims non-citizen parents' kids don't qualify, but no court has bought that so far. Folks are fired up because it could affect more than a quarter million babies born here each year. That includes children of legal visitors like students or green card applicants, not

1:02just undocumented families. Groups like the ACLU call it a radical rewrite of what makes someone American. Lower courts leaned on the court's own 1898 decision in Wong-Kam-Ark, affirming citizenship for a child of Chinese immigrants. Trump's team is appealing those blocks, and the justices have sided with him on some big issues before, though he's blasted them publicly when they, have been. People get a final ruling by early summer, which could reshape citizenship rules for generations. Keep an eye on how this plays out in the bigger immigration fight.