US Supreme Court has decided to hear lawsuit challenging citizenship by birth.

The US Supreme Court has agreed to take on a significant case that questions a century-old principle: birthright citizenship for individuals born within US borders.

On his first day in office this January, the administration signed an order aiming to terminate the policy, but the action was halted by federal courts after legal challenges were initiated.

The Supreme Court's final judgment will ultimately support citizenship rights for the children of migrants who are in the US undocumented or on non-immigrant visas, or it will overturn those rights completely.

Next, the judges will set a time to hear the case between the administration and claimants, which involve parents who are immigrants and their young children.

The Legal Foundation

For over a century and a half, the Fourteenth Amendment has codified the principle that every person born in the nation is a American citizen, with exceptions for children born to foreign diplomats and personnel of occupying armies.

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."

The contested presidential order sought to deny citizenship to the offspring of people who are whether in the US without legal status or are in the country on temporary visas.

The United States is among about a minority of states – mostly in the North and South America – that grant automatic citizenship to any person born on their soil.