Washington DC, (EFE) – The United States Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will hear legal arguments regarding United States President Donald Trump’s attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders.
The hearing is scheduled for May 14, according to a document released this afternoon.
The decision to take up the case comes a little over a month after the Trump administration requested the lifting of several federal court orders that blocked the decree seeking to end the constitutional right.
On his second day in office, Trump signed an executive order targeting the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, which guarantees US citizenship to anyone born on American soil.
The executive action faced immediate legal challenges, resulting in three separate nationwide injunctions issued by federal judges in Maryland, Washington, and Massachusetts.
Facing potentially prolonged litigation, the Trump administration petitioned the Supreme Court for an emergency ruling to partially lift the nationwide blocks while the case proceeds.
“I don’t understand how judges can take that authority away from a president. We’ve done an amazing job,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump has consistently questioned judicial oversight concerning his immigration policies.
Speaking Thursday at the White House during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Melone, he expressed frustration over judicial interference in his administration’s immigration measures.
His remarks follow a new controversy after federal judge James Boasberg initiated contempt proceedings against the administration.
Judge Boasberg found that the government had violated a court order by deporting more than 200 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, to a high-security prison in El Salvador on March 15.
Trump defended his administration’s actions, attributing the influx of migrants to his predecessor, Joe Biden, who he accused of allowing “millions” to enter the country “unchecked.”
Many of these migrants, Trump claimed, are “killers.”
He has invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, historically implemented during wartime, to justify the expulsion of hundreds of Venezuelans.
Authorities claimed that the deported individuals had ties to the Latin American Tren Aragua criminal gang, though no court has publicly confirmed these allegations.
A recent deportation error has sparked diplomatic tensions.
Among those deported was Kilmar Ábrego, a Salvadoran residing legally in Maryland and married to a US citizen.
Despite a judge’s order prohibiting his deportation, Ábrego was sent to El Salvador.
The US Supreme Court later urged the government to facilitate his return, yet Trump dismissed responsibility for the case on Thursday, directing queries to the Department of Justice.
“I’ve heard a lot about him. We have to find out what’s true,” Trump said, reiterating unproven claims that Ábrego was a gang member and therefore undeserving of judicial protection.
US Senator Chris Van Hollen called on the governments of the United States and El Salvador to ensure due process for Kilmar Ábrego, who is currently detained in the mega-prison Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT).
Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador on Wednesday to verify Ábrego’s condition and attempted unsuccessfully to visit him in the maximum-security prison, where leaders of notorious gangs like Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio 18 are incarcerated.
At a press conference in San Salvador, Van Hollen emphasized that Ábrego “has the right to due process” and asserted that the Salvadoran was “taken illegally, kidnapped, and brought to El Salvador.”
“He has the right to sit in front of a judge and have due process because if this does not work for him, there will come a time when it will not work for any member of American society,” the senator stated.
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