U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante agreed to grant a preliminary injunction sought by immigrant-rights groups.

A federal judge who just blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of people in the U.S. illegally says he's not persuaded by the Trump administration's arguments.

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.