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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Oliver O'Connell

Trump can’t shut down birthright citizenship, appeals court rules

A U.S. appeals court has denied Donald Trump’s bid to end automatic birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants born in the nation.

The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court judge's order halting the president’s executive order, which he signed when he took office a month ago.

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