Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Plan to End Birthright Citizenship

The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order banning birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants, describing the action as "blatantly unconstitutional."
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U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour made the ruling in a case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon.
Hindustan Times
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The order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states, who call it a flagrant violation of the US Constitution.
The News International
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The order came despite a Supreme Court precedent that is more than 100 years old that kept birthright citizenship in place.
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