In a 6-3 decision Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the power of lower-court judges to block a president’s executive orders. The decision prevents those judges from issuing what are known as “nationwide injunctions” and means that 28 states can begin to enforce President Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, at least temporarily. Reset spoke with Immigrants’ Rights Clinic director and clinical law professor Nicole Hallett, UIC law professor Steven Schwinn, Midwest Regional Counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Susanna Sandoval Vargas, Illinois Venezuelan Alliance co-founder Luciano Pedota and Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia.

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