Federal Judge To Consider Blocking Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order

In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, a woman in Sullivan City, Texas, who said she entered the country illegally, walks with her daughter who was born in the United States, but was denied a birth cer

A federal judge in Boston is set to review a request from 18 state attorneys general seeking to halt President Donald Trump's executive order that would end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents in the U.S. The hearing follows a similar ruling by a federal judge in Seattle who blocked the order and criticized the administration's handling of the Constitution.

In the Boston case, the state attorneys general, along with San Francisco and Washington, are urging Judge Leo Sorokin to issue a preliminary injunction against the order. They argue that birthright citizenship is a constitutional principle and that Trump lacks the authority to make such a change through an executive order.