It is the fourth such ruling against the Republican White House, which wants to deny citizenship to the children of people who enter the country illegally.

A federal judge blocks Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of people in the U.S. illegally, saying he's not persuaded by the administration's arguments.

A federal court judge in Boston has issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order calling for an end to birthright citizenship, the latest in a flurry of rulings from the controversial directive.