A federal appeals court has dealt a major setback to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, ruling that his executive order attempting to limit automatic birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, made this decision in a 2-1 vote, stopping the enforcement of this controversial policy across the country.
This marks a key moment in the ongoing legal fight over who qualifies as an American citizen. According to Reuters, it is the first time a federal appeals court has fully examined the legality of Trump’s order, setting up a likely final battle at the U.S. Supreme Court. This ruling comes shortly after an important U.S. Supreme Court decision on June 27, which tried to restrict the ability of lower court judges to issue broad nationwide orders blocking federal policies.
