<p>WASHINGTON — Many Chicago advocates and immigrant families say they are “excited” and “relieved” the Supreme Court has upheld a broad definition of <a class="Link" href="https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-immigration-trump-20919d26029cf0f98ecb0dc7f90a066b" target="_blank" ><u>birthright citizenship</u></a>, rejecting President Donald Trump’s executive order which had declared that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.</p><p>“This is especially personal to me,” said Chicago resident Carson Wang, the son of Chinese immigrants. Wang said birthright citizenship gave him opportunities his friends without legal status did not have, like going to college at the University of Illinois.</p><p>“I got a scholarship to go,” he said.</p><p>In <a class="Link" href="https://apnews.com/article/read-the-supreme-courts-opinion-on-birthright-citizenship-0000019f190fd9d2a19f5b9f9f2e0000" target="_blank" >the 6-3 ruling</a>, justices relied on a long-settled understanding of <a class="Link" href="https://apnews.com/article/800b0a2005254ec58369b9564f53be8f" target="_blank" ><u>the 14th Amendment</u></a>, adopted after the Civil War, and more recent federal laws in ruling that anyone born in the country, with very limited exceptions, is a citizen.</p><p>The Republican president's restrictions were spelled out in an executive order he signed last year on the first day of his second term. It had been blocked by several lower courts and had not taken effect anywhere in the United States.</p><p>“I’m glad it stays,” said Gloria, who delivered a baby boy in Chicago three weeks ago.