An appeal court upheld an order on Wednesday blocking President Trump from ending birthright citizenship for children whose parents are in the United States illegally. The emergency request was filed by the Justice Department in an attempt to clear the path for Trump’s executive order, which had been blocked by judges in lower district courts since it was issued in …

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration would appeal a federal judge’s ruling that temporarily blocks his attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. “Obviously we will appeal it,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the ruling by Washington state District Judge John Coughenour, who said the president’s order was “blatantly unconstitutional”.   A federal judge …

A coalition of civil rights and immigration rights groups, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other groups have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over an executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship. The lawsuit was filed on Monday, just after Trump signed the order on behalf of the families affected by the order. The executive order …