The executive order has already become the subject of five lawsuits by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states, who call it flagrantly unconstitutional.
A prominent U.S. law firm has strongly condemned immigration attorneys who have used the contentious issue of birthright citizenship to “market through fear” in clients.
The ruling imposes a 14-day stay on the enforcement of one of the most controversial executive orders Trump signed in the hours after he was sworn into office for a second term.
The issue of whether Trump can end automatic citizenship for U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants is set to become one of the major political and legal battles of his second term.
