India, Oct. 5 -- A federal appeals court in Boston on Friday, October 3, struck down US President Donald Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship in the United States. The ruling blocks a January executive order which sought to restrict automatic citizenship for children born on American soil to undocumented immigrants or temporary visa holders, The Hill reported.

The First Circuit Court of Appeals maintained the district court's nationwide injunction ruling that plaintiffs were likely to succeed in establishing the order unlawful. The three-judge panel stressed that the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause protects the right of children born in the United States to claim citizenship regardless of their parents' immigrant status.

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