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Politics
Russell Payne

Court rejects Trump "birthright" claims

A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship in the United States, blocking the order from going into effect later this month.

Judge Deborah Boardman, who is overseeing a suit brought by civil rights organizations against the Trump administration in the District of Maryland, issued a national injunction, putting Trump’s order on hold indefinitely while the case is litigated.

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