On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. if neither of their parents is lawfully in the country, a practice enshrined in the 14th Amendment to the U.

Judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington have issued nationwide orders blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban birthright citizenship.

The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce an executive order signed by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States.