The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to stop appeals court rulings that blocked Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, which would deny U.S. citizenship to children born in the U.S. if their parents are undocumented or on temporary visas.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to overturn lower court orders blocking the president's day-one executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. The big picture: In the three separate cases — for which the administration filed three different petitions to the high court — judges issued nationwide injunctions blocking the order,