Donald Trump took the fight over his attempt to restrict automatic U.S. birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court on Thursday as the Republican president's administration asked the justices to narrow a judicial block imposed on this key element of his hardline approach toward immigration.
The Justice Department made the request challenging the scope of three nationwide injunctions issued against Trump's order by federal judges in Washington state, Massachusetts and Maryland.The administration said the injunctions should be scaled back from applying universally and should be limited to just the plaintiffs that brought the cases and are "actually within the courts' power."
"Universal injunctions have reached epidemic proportions since the start of the current administration," the Justice Department said in the filing. "This court should declare that enough is enough before district courts' burgeoning reliance on universal injunctions becomes further entrenched."
Some federal judges also issued nationwide injunctions to block certain policies of previous presidents.
Trump's order, signed on his first day back in office on January 20, directed federal agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of U.S.-born children who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen or lawful permanent resident.
The Justice Department made the request challenging the scope of three nationwide injunctions issued against Trump's order by federal judges in Washington state, Massachusetts and Maryland.The administration said the injunctions should be scaled back from applying universally and should be limited to just the plaintiffs that brought the cases and are "actually within the courts' power."
"Universal injunctions have reached epidemic proportions since the start of the current administration," the Justice Department said in the filing. "This court should declare that enough is enough before district courts' burgeoning reliance on universal injunctions becomes further entrenched."
Some federal judges also issued nationwide injunctions to block certain policies of previous presidents.
Trump's order, signed on his first day back in office on January 20, directed federal agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of U.S.-born children who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen or lawful permanent resident.
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