A federal appeals court has ruled against the Trump administration and its effort to end birthright citizenship in some cases, handing another legal defeat to President Donald Trump.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston upheld a district court injunction on Friday that blocked the administration from enforcing the president’s January executive order on the citizenship issue.
On his first day in office, Trump issued an executive order that redefined the interpretation of birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. The order detailed two scenarios in which a child would no longer automatically receive U.S. citizenship if born on U.S. soil.
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