After Trump's inauguration on January 20, he issued the executive order called "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship," in which he said his policy would not recognize U.S. citizenship to those born in the country if their mother "was unlawfully present in the United States and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident.
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court in a series of emergency appeals Thursday to allow him to move forward with plans to end birthright citizenship, elevating a fringe legal theory that several lower courts have resoundingly rejected.
To date, no court has sided with the Trump administration's executive order seeking to ban birthright citizenship, though multiple district courts have blocked it from taking effect.
