Judge blocks birthright citizenship order – Trump vows to appealpublished at 01:31 Greenwich Mean Time
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A judge ordered an immediate temporary block to one of Donald Trump’s executive orders which sought to deny birthright citizenship to children of undocumented migrants.
Four states – Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon – had asked the district court to block the order while the federal court considers the states’ legal challenge.
“This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” the judge said.
It means the executive order will be put on hold for 14 days pending further legal proceedings.
For context: Birthright citizenship, where anyone born on US soil is automatically granted citizenship, was not originally part of the US constitution, but was added in 1868 after the Civil War ended to address citizenship of freed, American-born former slaves.
Following the ruling, Trump told reporters that he “obviously” intended to appeal.
