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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Does the 14th Amendment guarantee birthright citizenship to all?

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release its decision in a case over whether the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship any day.

The constitutional amendment was ratified in the years after the Civil War to guarantee citizenship for freed slaves and their children. The section on birthright citizenship has long been interpreted to mean that anyone born in the United States, regardless of their parents' legal status, is a citizen.

However, the Trump administration has argued that the provisions only apply to the children of legal citizens.

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