Trump elevates immigration fight at Supreme Court, turning up heat on Democrats ahead of midterms

By Fox News · Fox News

President Donald Trump 's presence at the Supreme Court this week may not sway the justices, who appeared skeptical of the president's push to curb birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants. But Trump's historic appearance — no sitting president has attended oral arguments at the high court before — showcased the president's great interest in his landmark effort to upend more than a century of legal precedent that allowed automatic citizenship to those born in the U.S. And the president's presence at the Supreme Court may pack a political punch by energizing MAGA voters ahead of the midterm elections, when Republicans will be defending their fragile House and Senate majorities. INSIDE THE SUPREME COURT: HOW TRUMP HEARD BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS "Immigration is the issue that has most defined Donald Trump during his time as a national political figure, and his record on border security remains one of the core accomplishments of his second term," longtime Republican strategist Colin Reed told Fox News Digital. Reed emphasized that "even if the Supreme Court does not side with his perspective in this particular case, the president is making clear that he is not abandoning his commitment to the broader issue." TRUMP MAKES HISTORIC APPEARANCE AT THE SUPREME COURT On his first day back in the White House last year, Trump signed an executive order which declared that children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants or those on limited-duration visas would no longer be granted U.S. citizenship. But the order never took effect, after it was quickly hit with a slew of lawsuits and was subsequently blocked by federal judges from coast to coast who argued it violated long-standing legal precedent. The president on Wednesday stayed quiet until after he left the court, and after the arguments in the case concluded, before taking to social media to write, "We are the only Country in the World STUPID enough to allow ‘Birthright’ Citizenship!" Most Americans app…