A New Hampshire federal court on Monday became the third one to block President Donald Trump’s attempt to restrict automatic birthright citizenship.
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support and other groups showed a likelihood of success on the merits of their legal challenge to Executive Order 14160, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” Judge Joseph N. Laplante of the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire said.
The executive order denies automatic citizenship to US-born children of immigrants who entered the country illegally or have temporary legal status.
The Trump administration is “enjoined from enforcing” the ...