Trump’s executive order, signed in January, seeks to deny citizenship to children who are born to people who are living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. It is part of the hard-line immigration agenda of the president, who has called birthright citizenship a “magnet for illegal immigration.”

A federal judge in New Hampshire said he'll certify a class action lawsuit including all children who'll be affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and issue a preliminary injunction blocking it.

A federal judge in New Hampshire has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at ending US birthright citizenship for certain children born in the the country.