India, June 27 -- The US Supreme Court on Friday backed President Donald Trump's effort to limit birthright citizenship and ordered lower courts that blocked the policy to reconsider their orders.

The Supreme Court justices, in a 6-3 ruling, granted a request by the White House to narrow the scope of three injunctions issued by federal judges in Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington state, according to Reuters.

The federal courts had halted enforcement of Trump's directive, issued on the first day of his presidency.

Trump had signed an executive order directing federal agencies to refuse to recognize US citizenship to those children born in the country, but do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen or lawful permanent...