A second federal judge in two days has blocked Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of parents are in the U.S. illegally

U.S. District Judge John Coughenour's move blocks the order amid a lawsuit brought by Oregon and other states.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, in Washington state, likewise issued a preliminary injunction, writing that the Trump administration’s position on birthright citizenship is “unavailing and untenable” and calling birthright citizenship “an unequivocal Constitutional right” that the president can’t change with an executive order.

A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally, decrying what he described as the administration’s attempt to ignore the Constitution for political gain.

A second federal judge has issued an order blocking Donald Trump’s administration from implementing his plan to curtail U.S. birthright citizenship, saying no court in the United States has ever endorsed the Republican president’s interpretation of the Constitution.

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued the injunction at a hearing on a lawsuit brought by civil rights groups arguing that Trump’s order is unconstitutional.

A second federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, declaring that the measure is likely unconstitutional. Following an hourlong argument session Wednesday,