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US judge blocks Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown speaks on January 23 after a federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship [Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo]

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order curtailing birthright citizenship, a constitutionally enshrined right granting automatic citizenship to anyone born in the United States.

District Court Judge John Coughenour issued the temporary restraining order on Thursday in Seattle, Washington, preventing the government from implementing what he called a “blatantly unconstitutional” measure.

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