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Zoë Ettinger

Trump's Bid to Kill Birthright Citizenship Blocked By GOP-Nominated Judge: 'This Is Blatantly Unconstitutional'

The case is one of five lawsuits brought by democratic attorney generals and immigrants' rights organizations brought against Trump's order. (Credit: Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

On Thursday a federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional."

Senior U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, issued an order blocking the policy for 14 days. The policy was supposed to take effect on February 19.

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