Judge blocks birthright citizenship order – Trump vows to appealpublished at 1:31 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time
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A judge has ordered the immediate temporary blocking of one of Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at denying birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants.
Four states – Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon – have asked the district court to block the order while the federal court considers the states’ legal challenge.
“This is a patently unconstitutional order,” the judge said.
This means the decree will be suspended for 14 days pending further legal proceedings.
For context: Birthright citizenship, under which anyone born on U.S. soil automatically gains citizenship, was not originally part of the U.S. Constitution but was added in 1868 after the end of the Civil War to address the citizenship of former freed slaves born in the United States.
Following the ruling, Trump told reporters he “obviously” intended to appeal.
