A federal judge in Washington state halted Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, saying it was "blatantly unconstitutional."

A federal judge blocked Trump’s order limiting birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.”

A Seattle judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to mothers who are in the country unlawfully or temporarily.

A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s ruling in a case brought by Washington and three other states is the first in what is sure to be a long legal fight over the order’s constitutionality.

The executive order is meant to limit birthright citizenship to children born to at least one U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident parent.

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The order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states.

President Donald Trump, center, takes part in a signing ceremony in the President's Room after the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Surrounding the president are,