A coalition of Democratic-led states and immigrant rights groups is urging the Supreme Court to preserve birthright citizenship and uphold a nationwide block on a Trump administration order denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visitors.
In a series of response filings Friday, respondents from 24 states asked the justices to reject President Donald Trump’s emergency request to narrow multiple lower court injunctions that have frozen his January order. They argued that maintaining the long-standing legal status quo is not an abuse of judicial power.
“Being directed to follow the law as it has been universally understood for over 125 years is not an emergency warranting the extraordinary remedy of a stay,” the states said. “This Court should deny the federal government’s
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