A federal judge has temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the country’s constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.
The order was temporarily blocked by United States District Judge, John C. Coughenour, in a ruling he made on Thursday.
The temporary restraining order sought by Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington was the first to get a hearing before a judge and applies nationally.
The case is one of five lawsuits being brought by 22 states and a number of immigrants rights groups across the country.
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The suits include personal testimonies from attorneys general who are US citizens by birthright, and names of pregnant women who are afraid their children won’t become US citizens.
President Trump vowed on Thursday to challenge the ruling.
