Balogun's US eligibility draws focus during World Cup
Why it matters: A pending Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship could reshape who qualifies as American in future cases.
Folarin Balogun's starring start for the United States at the World Cup has put fresh attention on birthright citizenship as the Supreme Court weighs President Donald Trump's executive order. Balogun scored twice in the US win over Paraguay, and his eligibility traces to his birth in Brooklyn in 2001 while his Nigerian parents were visiting New York from London. That automatic citizenship, rooted in the 14th Amendment, later allowed him to choose the US over England or Nigeria. The court is expected to rule within weeks on Trump's order, which seeks to deny citizenship to some children born in the US to parents in the country illegally or on temporary visas.