"President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The appeal, shared with The Associated Press on Saturday, sets in motion a process at the high court that could lead to a definitive ruling from the justices by early summer on whether the citizenship restrictions are constitutional."
"Any decision on whether to take up the case probably is months away and arguments probably would not take place until the late winter or early spring. "The lower court's decisions invalidated a policy of prime importance to the president and his administration in a manner that undermines our border security," Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote. "Those decisions confer, without lawful justification, the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified people.""
The Trump administration has petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold an executive order that would deny U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily. Lower courts have blocked the order nationwide, and the administration is not seeking to lift those injunctions while the high court considers the appeal. The Justice Department shared its petition with challengers but has not yet had the case docketed at the Supreme Court. Any decision on whether the justices will hear the case likely will take months, with arguments not expected until late winter or early spring and a potential ruling by early summer. The administration contends lower courts wrongly conferred citizenship without lawful justification, while opponents call the order unconstitutional and vow to protect affected children's citizenship.
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