The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that a man who was born in Mexico of a Mexican mother and an American father is not entitled to US citizenship, even though the law discriminates on the basis of gender.
Without comment, the top US court upheld a 2008 decision by a federal appeals court in California that refused US citizenship to Ruben Flores-Villar, 36.
With the newest justice, Elena Kagan, recusing herself, the court split four to four. But in the rare event of a tie vote, the lower court decision is automatically upheld.
The background to the case is complex. Flores-Villar's parents were not married when he was born in Mexico to a Mexican woman, but he was raised in California by his American father.
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