In a Washington state federal court Thursday a judge called President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for undocumented migrants "blatantly unconstitutional," temporarily blocking it . On Capitol Hill, the president's allies introduced a bill to make it law.

In the few days since he returned to the White House, President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive orders and mass pardons have shattered political and legal norms. But one order is in a category of its own.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.