Federal judge blocks Trump’s latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship

Supreme court ruled in June against president's earlier order to change citizenship rules for babies born in US

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump's latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship - the longstanding principle that all babies born in the US are guaranteed American citizenship.

The decision came nearly a month after the president tried for a second time to limit via executive order which people born in the US can become American citizens. The supreme court ruled in late June that Trump's previous sweeping order denying birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants or temporary visitors was unconstitutional.