The Supreme Court said Friday that it will hear a case examining the legality of President Donald Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship, a high-stakes test of the controversial policy that could redefine who is considered an American.

The justices have yet to set a date for arguments, but the high court has taken the case in time to render its decision by June or July, when the current term ends.

The Trump administration asked the justices to take up the case on an expedited basis in September after lower courts found the policy, a key component of the president’s anti-immigration agenda, unconstitutional and blocked it.

On the first day of his second term, Trump instructed government agencies to stop issuing citizenship documentation to children born to parents who were in the country

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