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A federal judge on January 23 temporarily blocked Trump’s order trying to deny citizenship to some babies born in the United States, calling the policy unconstitutional in an early hearing. The ruling instantly undercut one of the administration’s most aggressive immigration moves and turned a day-one spectacle into a court fight Trump appears likely to lose at the first round.
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A federal judge on January 23 temporarily blocked Trump’s order trying to deny citizenship to some babies born in the United States, calling the policy unconstitutional in an early hearing. The ruling instantly undercut one of the administration’s most aggressive immigration moves and turned a day-one spectacle into a court fight Trump appears likely to lose at the first round.
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A federal judge on January 23 temporarily blocked Trump’s order trying to deny citizenship to some babies born in the United States, calling the policy unconstitutional in an early hearing. The ruling instantly undercut one of the administration’s most aggressive immigration moves and turned a day-one spectacle into a court fight Trump appears likely to lose at the first round.
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