A federal judge in Seattle issued a blistering rebuke to block President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship. A lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Western District of Washington came after Trump signed an executive order that claimed a baby born in America must have at least one parent who is either a citizen or a lawful permanent resident to automatically qualify

President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally has faced the first of what will be many legal tests.

Trump's order directs federal agencies to stop issuing citizenship documents to U.S.-born children of undocumented mothers. It also applies to mothers in the country on temporary visas, if the father is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.