"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,"
"Those decisions confer, without lawful justification, the privilege of American citizenship on hundreds of thousands of unqualified people."
"This executive order is illegal, full stop, and no amount of maneuvering from the administration is going to change that. We will continue to ensure that no baby's citizenship is ever stripped away by this cruel and senseless order,"
President Donald Trump's administration petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold an executive order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. Lower-court judges have blocked the restrictions from taking effect nationwide, and the administration is not seeking to implement them before the high court rules. The Justice Department shared the petition with lawyers for challengers but has not had it docketed. Any decision on taking the case could take months, with arguments likely in late winter or early spring and a possible ruling by early summer. Civil liberties lawyers strongly oppose the order and pledge continued legal challenges.
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