President Donald Trump asked the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to narrow the scope of a nationwide pause to his executive order limiting automatic birthright citizenship as litigation makes its way through the appeals process.
The brief before the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit argued the lower court’s injunction shouldn’t sweep beyond the plaintiffs in its suit. Judge Deborah L. Boardman, of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, denied a nationwide stay pending appeal Tuesday.
- The order denies automatic citizenship to US-born children of immigrants who entered the country illegally or have temporary legal status ...