US judge blocks Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship

Judge rules in favor of states who sued over president’s executive order, which was set to take effect on 19 February

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.

US district judge John C Coughenour ruled in the case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon, which argue the 14th amendment and supreme court case law have cemented birthright citizenship.

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