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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Trump asks supreme court to allow order against birthright citizenship

Child holds a sign that says 'Immigrants Make America Great. Always Have, Always Will.'
A protest in Gainesville, Georgia, on 29 January 2025. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

Donald Trump’s administration has asked the supreme court to allow his attempt at curtailing birthright citizenship to proceed.

On Thursday, the justice department’s acting solicitor general, Sarah Harris, filed a request to the nation’s highest court, asking it to restrict orders issued by district judges in three states – Massachusetts, Maryland and Washington – that blocked Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship restrictions.

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