Trump's birthright citizenship order frozen by judge

A federal judge in Maryland issued a nationwide block of President Trump's executive order to nix birthright citizenship Wednesday.

The preliminary injunction means the president's effort to curb the constitutionally protected right to birthright citizenship cannot go into effect this month as planned unless a higher court rules on the case or it is resolved.

U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman, a President Biden appointee, said that Supreme Court precedent safeguards birthright citizenship, per the Washington Post.