A federal judge Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship—the policy automatically giving citizenship to anyone born in the U.S.—and declared it “blatantly unconstitutional,

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.

President Trump's executive order challenging birthright citizenship will face its first legal test in a Seattle courtroom Thursday.