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A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship
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The judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction against an executive order Trump
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signed last month, calling it, quote, almost certainly unconstitutional. The order targets what Trump calls birth tourism, people who travel to the U.S. to give birth
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so their children receive U.S. citizenship. It also seeks to deny automatic citizenship to some children of people the government
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deems alien enemies and foreign government employees. In her 35-page ruling, Judge Deborah
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Boardman pointed to the Supreme Court's decision in June, striking down Trump's earlier attempt to
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restrict birthright citizenship. Boardman called that decision, quote, the law of the land
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Government lawyers argued the Supreme Court's ruling does not prevent the administration from
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creating narrower exceptions to birthright citizenship. It's not yet clear if the administration
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will appeal. But in an interview with Fox News Wednesday, Attorney General Todd Blanche said
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the decision was, quote, not something that is a surprise to us
