The Supreme Court is currently considering whether federal judges overstepped their authority when they temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s directive restricting automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil, called ‘birthright citizenship’.
At the center of the current legal dispute is Trump’s directive instructing the government not to recognize U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants as citizens. Although lower courts have halted the order, the Supreme Court is now tasked with deciding whether such nationwide injunctions are valid and whether the executive order itself holds legal weight.
The Trump administration asserts that the executive order, signed on Trump’s first day after returning to office, should only be suspended for individuals directly involved in the legal challenge. In contrast, states, advocacy groups for immigrants, and expectant parents
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