The Trump administration moved Monday to revive its effort to end birthright citizenship, with the Department of Justice signaling it would seek Supreme Court review after lower courts blocked the president's executive order.

President Donald Trump signed an order early in his second term directing federal agencies to deny citizenship documents to children born in the United States to parents without legal status. Federal district courts and appellate panels have repeatedly blocked the policy, ruling it conflicts with the Constitution and the 1898 Supreme Court decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark.

Immigration and civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, said they were prepared to file additional briefs opposing any petition to the high court. Attorneys general from Democratic-led states, among them California and New Jersey, have coordinated litigation against the order since its issuance.

Administration supporters argued the order would curb what they describe as incentives for unlawful migration, framing it as part of a broader effort to redefine citizenship rules. Critics said the move would create a class of stateless children and deepen divisions among working families.

Legal scholars at Georgetown University Law Center have said the Supreme Court is unlikely to overturn long-settled precedent, though the justices could be asked to weigh the scope of nationwide injunctions blocking the policy.