On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case in which the Trump administration sought to end automatic birthright citizenship. The decision limits the ability of federal judges to impose nationwide injunctions but does not decide the substantive issue of birthright citizenship.   

On his first day of his second term, President Trump signed an executive order declaring that the children born in the United States to parents who entered the United States illegally or in a nonimmigrant status are not entitled to birthright citizenship. This executive order had been blocked by multiple lower courts that ruled that the order was unconstitutional.  

The Supreme Court did not rule on the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order. Instead, the decision limits nationwide injunctions to apply only to states, groups, and individuals involved in the lawsuits, with some exceptions. Meanwhile, the executive order involving birthright citizenship is paused for at least 30 days while proceedings move forward in lower courts.  

 Given the delayed implementation of the executive order, additional legal challenges are possible. Foster will continue to follow developments impacting birthright citizenship and will provide additional information as it becomes available via future Immigration Updates© and on our firm’s website at www.fosterglobal.com.