"WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices will hear Trump's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down the citizenship restrictions. They have not taken effect anywhere in the country."
"But the Supreme Court allowed the resumption of sweeping immigration stops in the Los Angeles area after a lower court blocked the practice of stopping people solely based on their race, language, job or location. The justices also are weighing the administration's emergency appeal to be allowed to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area for immigration enforcement actions. A lower court has indefinitely prevented the deployment."
The Supreme Court accepted an appeal over an executive order denying birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily. The order, signed Jan. 20, would reverse more than 125 years of interpretation of the 14th Amendment that grants citizenship to nearly all born on U.S. soil, with narrow diplomatic and occupying-force exceptions. Lower courts have struck down the order as unconstitutional and it has not taken effect. The case will be argued in spring with a likely ruling by early summer, amid broader immigration enforcement actions and legal challenges.
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