BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump executive order ending birthright citizenship

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born in the US to parents in the country unlawfully. 

US District Judge John Coughenour issued the ruling in a case brought forth by the attorney generals of Arizona, Oregon, Washington, and Illinois on Tuesday against the executive order. 

According to ABC News, the suit stated, "The Plaintiff States will also suffer irreparable harm because thousands of children will be born within their borders but denied full participation and opportunity in American society. Absent a temporary restraining order, children born in the Plaintiff States will soon be rendered undocumented, subject to removal or detention, and many stateless."

Trump signed the executive order on Monday night, which states that "It is the policy of the United States that no department or agency of the United States government shall issue documents recognizing United States citizenship, or accept documents issued by State, local, or other governments or authorities purporting to recognize United States citizenship, to persons:  (1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth." The order was set to take effect on February 19.

The attorneys general argued in the suit that enforcement of the executive order would result in irreparable harm to the children born from illegal immigrants and prevent them from receiving the right to "full participation and opportunity in American society."

The suit stated, "They will lose their right to vote, serve on juries, and run for certain offices. And they will be placed into lifelong positions of instability and insecurity as part of a new underclass in the United States."

The case is one of at least five launched in response to the executive order, with Democrat attorneys general from 22 states and two cities joining onto suits.