A federal judge on Thursday put a temporary halt to President Trump’s executive order to end automatic citizenship for babies born on American soil, dealing the president his first setback in his attempt to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws and reverse decades of established precedents. Three days after Mr. Trump issued his executive order, a Federal District Court judge, John C. Coughenour, aligned with Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon, the four states that challenged the order, and issued a temporary restraining order that blocks Mr. Trump’s executive order for 14 days, renewable upon expiration. “This is a flagrantly unconstitutional order,” he declared. Mr. Trump responded later, stating, “Obviously we’ll appeal it.” The president’s order, among several issued in the early hours of his presidency to curtail immigration, both legal and illegal, declared that children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants after February 19 would no longer be considered citizens. The order would also apply to babies born to mothers who are legally in the country but temporarily, such as tourists, university students, or temporary workers, if the father is a noncitizen.
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