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Michael Macagnone

Judge blocks Trump executive order to end birthright citizenship - Roll Call

A federal judge in Maryland blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship Wednesday, finding the effort likely violated the Constitution and federal law.

Judge Deborah L. Boardman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued the preliminary injunction from the bench after a hearing in one of several legal challenges to Trump’s order.

Boardman, an appointee of President Joe Biden, ruled in favor of nonprofit groups and anonymous expectant parents who argued that countless children across the country would be denied citizenship if Trump’s order were allowed to take effect.

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