The soccer star scored a critical goal in the round of 32 while the Trump administration licked its wounds after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship.

Note: Additional modes of acquiring citizenship by birth may apply to particular groups. Data is based on 106 countries classified as democracies and includes some fully self-governing territories whose sovereign status is disputed.

Outside the Supreme Court Tuesday morning, crowds gathered in anticipation of the ruling on Trump v. Barbara. Cheers broke from the multitude when the court upheld lower courts’ decisions to strike down Trump’s controversial 2025 Executive Order that sought to end birthright citizenship for children born to undocumented immigrants and those on temporary visas.

Sen. Bernie Moreno plans to revive Harry Reid's 1993 bill to end birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court blocked Republicans' executive action.

On the final day of the Supreme Court’s current session, the justices issued a landmark 6-3 ruling affirming birthright citizenship, the legal principle by which children born in the United States are automatically considered U.

The family of the man who secured birthright citizenship in 1898 hailed Tuesday's ruling as vindication.