Trump's Citizenship Order Faces Supreme Court

0:00It's March 29, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Global News Today, World News Powered by AI. President Trump kicked off his second term with an executive order in January 2025, aiming to end automatic citizenship for babies born. In the U.S., if neither parent is a citizen or legal permanent resident, this move challenges the 14 amendments birthright rule, set firm by the Supreme Court in 1898 and heads to oral arguments. This Wednesday, that landmark case involved Wong Kim Ark, born in San Francisco's Chinatown to Chinese parents, who got blocked from re-entering the country after a day R.A. trip home. The court ruled unanimously that birth on U.S. soil makes you a citizen, no matter your parent status as long as you're not a diplomat's kid or enemy invader. Now Wong's great grandson, 76-year-old Norman Wong from the Bay Area, is speaking out, saying his ancestor just affirmed the rule, didn't, created.

1:01Critics slammed the order as unconstitutional and rooted in anti-immigrant bias, while the administration claims it fights illegal immigration and birth. Tourism. Legal experts say Trump's team faces a tough climb, given 128 years of precedent and the amendments clear words from 18. 68 post-civil war to fixed-lavery error wrongs, like the Dred Scott decision. The court's 6-3 conservative majority has backed Trump on immigration pauses before, but this could hit 250,000 newborns, AA, year. Both sides twist Wong's case. Trump says it only covers parents with permanent ties here, opponents say it covers everyone born on U.S. dirt. With massive stakes for families and citizenship challenges ahead, the justice's word this we could rewrite American identity from the ground up.