Posted in Web Explainer-What Is US Birthright Citizenship and Can Trump End It? January 21, 2025 The main birthright citizenship case is from 1898, when the Supreme Court ruled that the son of lawful immigrants from China was a U.S. citizen by virtue of his birth in 1873 in San Francisco. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-21/explainer-what-is-us-birthright-citizenship-and-can-trump-end-it