SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Ruling 2026: What Happens to 255,000 Babies Per Year If Trump Wins in June

# SCOTUS Birthright Citizenship Ruling 2026: What Happens to 255,000 Babies Per Year If Trump Wins in June

> **Quick answer:** The Supreme Court will rule by late June or early July 2026 on whether Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship is constitutional. A ruling in Trump's favor would strip automatic U.S. citizenship from approximately 255,000 babies born in the United States each year to undocumented or temporary visa holders — a change unseen since the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868. Oral arguments on April 1, 2026, showed a majority of justices skeptical of the administration's central legal theory. The case pivots on a single technical word: "domicile."

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The SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling in 2026 is now weeks away, and it will be one of the most consequential constitutional decisions in more than a century. Every day that passes without a ruling is a day 255,000 families live in legal limbo — uncertain whether their American-born children will hold U.S. citizenship or enter life as stateless or foreign nationals on the soil where they were born.

## What Trump's Executive Order Actually Does

On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order reinterpreting the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause. Beginning 30 days after signing, the order declared that children born in the United States would no longer automatically receive citizenship if their parents were present in the country either without legal authorization or on temporary visas.