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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court split 4-4 Monday and left in place a law that makes it harder for foreign-born children to claim U.S. citizenship through an unwed father compared with an unwed mother.
Ruben Flores-Villar was born in Mexico to a Mexican mother and a teenage American father, who raised him in San Diego. Under the law, an unwed mother can transfer her citizenship to her foreign-born child if she lived in the United States for a year. However, an unwed father must prove he lived in the U.S. for at least five years after his 14th birthday to transfer his citizenship to his child.
Justice Elena Kagan sat out because she worked on the case when she was solicitor general. Tribune Co.
