On February 12th, the Trump administration announced that it is appealing the ruling of a federal judge in Maryland. The judge’s ruling prevented Trump’s previous executive order to repeal “birthright citizenship” from taking effect. On his first day in office on January 20th, Trump signed an executive order to repeal the “birthright citizenship” policy, which immediately sparked public outrage and faced legal challenges in many parts of the United States. Three federal judges in New Hampshire, Maryland, and Washington have successively made rulings to prevent the executive order from taking effect.
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