Judge blocks Trump birthright citizenship order
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Donald Trump has suffered a fresh court setback after a federal judge blocked his latest effort to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States.
President Donald Trump's new birthright citizenship orders target children of terrorists and foreign government employees using classic legal exceptions.
A conservative think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence is urging Congress to restrict birthright citizenship in the U.S. Virgin Islands and other unincorporated territories, arguing that the Insular Cases leave territorial citizenship under congressional control and that federal statutes should be amended so citizenship at birth is limited to children with at least one U.