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Héctor Ríos Morales

Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship

U.S. President Donald Trump signing an executive order at the Oval Office of the White House (Credit: Via Getty Images)

A federal judge in Maryland has delivered a massive blow to President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship by issuing a nationwide preliminary injunction against Trump's order.

On Feb. 5, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman heard arguments over a request by five pregnant undocumented women to block Trump's executive order seeking to reform the meaning of the 14th Amendment in order to exclude children of undocumented immigrants from birthright citizenship.

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