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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan

Trump’s birthright citizenship order is unconstitutional, appeals court rules

President Donald Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

In their sprawling 78-page ruling, the panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit wrote they “fully agree” with the decision of a lower-court, which blocked the order nationwide.

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