In 1898, in the landmark case of U.S. v Wong Kim Ark, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the birthright citizenship guarantee, clarifying that even if one’s parents were legally ineligible for U.S. citizenship, a child born on U.S. soil was a citizen.

President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting automatic birthright citizenship was put on hold again by a federal judge in a revised class-action lawsuit, reinstating a nationwide block that was paused last month by the US Supreme Court.

A federal judge used an exception to overcome the Supreme Court's recent ruling that restricted the ability of judges to block this and other policies nationwide.