New Supreme Court term could include birthright citizenship case

The Supreme Court’s term starting Monday could include major cases on President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, with the government now asking the justices to determine the lawfulness of his order to curtail birthright citizenship.

The executive order from Trump, signed on the first day of his second term as part of a tough-on-immigration approach, sought to deny citizenship to children born in the United States if their parents were not current citizens or permanent residents.

The Supreme Court last term heard oral arguments about how lower courts had blocked the administration from implementing the order. But the decision in June focused only on the process of how the order could be challenged and lower courts have once again blocked the policy.

The Justice Department now has