A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship, saying it’s likely unconstitutional and “runs counter to our nation’s 250-year history of citizenship by birth.

A federal judge in Maryland orders a temporary pause on Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children of people in the country illegally.

The 14th Amendment doesn’t grant US citizenship to children born to immigrants in the US illegally, the attorneys general of 18 conservative states say in an amicus brief filed in federal courts supporting President Donald Trump’s executive order designed to cut down on illegal immigration.