NPR News: 06-30-2026 7AM EDT

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on birthright citizenship today, a decision that could redefine who is automatically an American citizen at birth and that comes as the Court has already handed the Trump administration a major victory on a separate immigration tool—Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Birthright Citizenship and TPS at the Supreme Court

The central question before the Court is whether the 14th Amendment, long interpreted to grant citizenship to any child born on U.S. soil, actually means that. President Trump has argued it does not, contending that children should not be U.S. citizens if their parents are in the country illegally or are here temporarily—including those on Temporary Protected Status. If the Court sides with the administration, it would overturn a century-old constitutional understanding.

NPR’s Pierre Humanopistia reported that the Supreme Court has already given Trump the power to end TPS, a move the administration supports as part of a broader effort to limit legal pathways into the country. The two issues are tightly linked: many TPS recipients have U.S. citizen children, placing those families at the center of the birthright ruling. Even if the Court upholds birthright citizenship, immigrant advocates say families may still need to make painful decisions about whether to stay together, given the simultaneous pressure on TPS.