The U.S. Supreme Court rules on Tuesday that the Constitution guarantees birthright citizenship, in a 6-3 decision that rejects President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting that right. The court’s ruling upholds a broad interpretation of birthright citizenship and strikes down the order’s approach to children born in the United States to people who are in the country illegally or temporarily.
Norman Wong, the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark—the Chinese American whose 1898 legal case helped establish the constitutional basis for birthright citizenship—reacts to the decision. In remarks reported by the Associated Press and CBS News, Wong says the ruling is a victory for America and describes the outcome as reaffirming established precedent rather than a personal win. Wong has become a public face of efforts to protect birthright citizenship after giving speeches and interviews beginning in January 2025, following the issuance of Trump’s executive order.
Together, the reports describe both the Supreme Court’s ruling and Wong’s support for maintaining the constitutional rule that children born on U.S. soil are citizens immediately.
