A federal appeals court continued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s order to end automatic citizenship to children born to two parents who are not legally authorized to be in the country, another setback for his top priority of strengthening immigration enforcement.
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals covering New England became the nation's second federal appeals court to refuse Trump’s request to allow his order to take effect while the case is litigated, after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals along the West Coast. Trump has said he expects to eventually win the legal dispute at the Supreme Court.
A three-judge appeals panel refused to overturn the lower-court's injunction, which found the states were likely to succeed in proving the order violated the Constitution and that the children at stake would be irreparably harmed.
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