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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Casey and Mike Catalini

Fourth federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Immigration Birthright Citizenship - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump that would end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, becoming the fourth judge to do so.

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin came three days after U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante in New Hampshire blocked the executive order and follows similar rulings in Seattle and Maryland.

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