US Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging birthright citizenship.
Whatever the court decides could have major implications for Trump's immigration crackdown and for what it means to be an American citizen.
No date has been set yet for the Supreme Court arguments, and a ruling is months away.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on whether some children born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship.
"We look forward to putting this issue to rest once and for all in the Supreme Court this term," she added.
In a win for Trump, the court ruled in June that the injunctions issued by the lower courts exceeded their authority, though it did not address the issue of birthright citizenship itself.
He has said it's a "mistaken view" that birth on US soil confers citizenship and has argued that that understanding has had "destructive consequences". »