Washington: The US Supreme Court agreed to decide the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship, which has been treated as settled law for more than a century.

After taking office on January 20, Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to halt recognition of citizenship for children born after February 19, if neither parent is a US citizen nor a permanent resident, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Trump administration has argued that the constitution does not grant citizenship to the children of “temporary visitors or illegal aliens,” because such parents are supposedly not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States in the constitutional sense.

Soon after the executive order was issued, multiple lawsuits were

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