The U.S. Supreme Court is poised on Thursday to consider Donald Trump's attempt to broadly enforce his executive order to limit birthright citizenship, a move that would affect thousands of babies born each year as the Republican president seeks a major shift in how the U.

President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship faces scrutiny as the Supreme Court examines lower courts' power to block presidential policies nationwide.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether federal judges can block Trump administration policy across the country.