The Justice Department argued that the 14th amendment has been misinterpreted by the Supreme Court and doesn’t grant birthright citizenship to children of people who are unlawfully present.

A federal judge in Boston will consider a request from 18 states to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.

U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to curtail automatic birthright citizenship as part of his immigration crackdown suffered a further setback as a third federal judge said on Monday he would block it.