The high court is asked to limit nationwide injunctions that blocked the president’s bid to restrict who is entitled to citizenship.

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for an emergency intervention Thursday limiting lower court rulings that are blocking President Trump’s plans to restrict birthright citizenship. The Justice Department’s ask comes after three federal appeals courts blocked the administration from moving forward.

President Donald Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan