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Trump handed another defeat as third judge smacks down executive order

FILE PHOTO: Former President Donald Trump walks to make comments to members of the media after being found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. Seth Wenig/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Adam Nichols
February 10, 2025

President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to end birthright citizenship was blocked in court for a third time Monday.

A federal judge in New Hampshire issued an injunction halting Trump’s executive order — the third time it’s been hindered.

Trump’s order sought to stop children of undocumented immigrants from becoming citizens if they were born in the USA. The right is enshrined in the Constitution.

Judge Joseph N. Laplante issued the injunction, effective immediately. He said his reasons would be detailed Tuesday.

Similar orders were issued by judges in Maryland and Seattle last week. There have been seven lawsuits filed challenging the order.

The lawsuit filed in New Hampshire came from the American Civil Liberties Union.

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