Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield welcomed word Thursday that a federal judge in Seattle was issuing a nationwide temporary restraining order blocking an executive order by President Trump, a ruling that he said will prevent federal agencies from stripping people of their rights to citizenship.

Trump's executive order titled “Protecting the meaning and value of American citizenship” aims to end automatic birthright citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment establishes birthright citizenship, meaning any child born in the U.S. is a citizen, regardless of their parent’s status.

Washington state, joined by Oregon, Arizona and Illinois, filed a lawsuit against President Trump's executive order in U.S. District Court.

Oregon on Tuesday joined a growing list of Democratic-led states suing the Trump administration over its efforts to roll back birthright citizenship in the country. Attorney General Dan Rayfield said he and attorneys general from Washington,

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Tuesday that he and the attorneys general from Arizona, Illinois, and Washington are challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship,

Attorneys general from 22 states, including Oregon and Washington, are suing to block President Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship.

Two dozen Democratic-led states and cities are challenging President Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship in court, a major constitutional challenge to one of the White House’s signature policies.

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Multiple attorneys general nationwide have argued the executive order violates the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment.

The lawsuit filed in Seattle has been progressing the fastest of the five cases brought over the executive order.