Washington. US President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold his executive order on his birthright citizenship.

Under the ruling, children born to parents living illegally or temporarily will not be considered U.S. citizens. The appeal, shared with The Associated Press on Saturday, marks the start of a process at the Supreme Court that raises the prospect of justices making a final decision on whether the citizenship ban is constitutional as early as the summer.

Lower courts have so far stayed the order. However, the Republican administration has made clear that it has not asked the Supreme Court to enforce the rule immediately.

The Ministry of Justice’s petition has been shared with lawyers for the parties challenging the order, but has not yet been formally filed with the Supreme Court. Attorney General D. “The lower court’s decision invalidates a policy that is extremely important to the president and his administration, undermining our border security,” Sawyer wrote in his petition. Those decisions give millions of ineligible people the privilege of U.S. citizenship without a legal basis. ’

However, the American Civil Liberties Union has strongly criticized this move of the Trump administration. “This executive order is unconstitutional, a full stop,” said Cody Bowsey, an attorney representing the children affected by the order. No maneuver of the administration can change its illegality. We will ensure that no child’s citizenship will ever be taken away by this cruel and foolish order. ’

President Trump signed the executive order on the first day of his second term. The order challenges the 125-year-old understanding of the 14th Amendment, which grants citizenship to all people born on US soil. Only the children of foreign diplomats or those born of foreign occupation forces are exempt as an exception.