A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Donald Trump's attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a major blow to the president's bid to end a right enshrined in the Constitution. teleSUR
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00:00A U.S. federal court issued a preliminary ruling to hold back from implementation President
00:05Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.
00:08Precisely, Maryland's federal court's district justice, Deborah Bordman, decided to issue
00:14the injunction indefinitely after listening carefully to the arguments in favor or freezing
00:21the decree.
00:22The justice further noted that the Supreme Court has always protected birthright citizenship,
00:29adding that President Donald Trump's order disregarded the 14th Amendment.
00:34Trump's decree had been already on hold nationwide due to a separate lawsuit filed by four states
00:41and a Washington court to stop the order.