The nation's highest court has decided to consider case disputing citizenship by birth.

The nation's highest court has agreed to take on a significant case that puts to the test a historic guarantee: guaranteed citizenship for individuals born in the United States.

On his first day in office this January, the President issued an executive order aiming to end the policy, but the order was struck down by federal courts after legal challenges were brought forward.

The Supreme Court's final decision will ultimately affirm citizenship rights for the offspring of migrants who are in the US illegally or on short-term permits, or it will overturn the provision altogether.

Next, the court will schedule a date to hear oral arguments between the administration and the suing parties, which include parents who are immigrants and their newborns.

The Legal Foundation

For over a century and a half, the 14th Amendment has enshrined the rule that all individuals born in the nation is a American citizen, with specific conditions for children born to foreign diplomats and members of occupying armies.

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

The contested directive sought to refuse citizenship to the children of people who are whether in the US in violation of immigration law or are in the country on temporary visas.

The United States is one of about a minority of states – primarily in the Americas – that award automatic citizenship to any person born on their soil.