President Donald Trump on Friday asked the US Supreme Court to review the legality of his executive order to restrict birthright citizenship in the country. The move has pushed the matter before the justices for the second time in 2025. By doing so, the Trump administration set up a high-stakes showdown over one of the most contentious policies that confers citizenship on people born in America.

In an appeal, the Republican President told the Supreme Court that the notion was “mistaken” and the idea became “pervasive, with destructive consequences.” The administration’s top appellate attorney, Solicitor General D. John Sauer, wrote, “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.

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