Federal judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A federal judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order Thursday to block the administration from carrying out President Trump’s plan to deny automatic citizenship to children of illegal immigrants.

District Judge John Coughenour called the president’s executive order an affront to the Constitution, local news media reported.

“I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Judge Coughenour said, according to The Seattle Times.