A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from eliminating birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants residing in the United States.

This court ruling constitutes the third national blockade of Trump's order to restrict birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants since a key Supreme Court decision in June.

U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Massachusetts, joined by another district court and a panel of appellate judges, ruled Friday that a nationwide injunction previously granted to more than a dozen states remains in effect. under an exception to the Supreme Court's ruling.

This high court decision restricted lower court judges' power to issue nationwide injunctions.

But Judge Sorokin ruled Friday that a nationwide injunction he issued in February, which blocked President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, must remain in effect.

In a written ruling, U.S. District Judge Sorokin said his earlier nationwide injunction was the only way to provide complete relief to a coalition of states that brought the lawsuit before him, rejecting the Trump administration's argument that a stricter ruling was warranted because of a June Supreme Court decision. United States.

What is the class action lawsuit related to this ruling?

Attorney General Letitia James, along with a coalition of 18 attorneys general and the City of San Francisco, filed a lawsuit on January 21, challenging President Trump's unconstitutional executive order attempting to strip birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants.

Today, Judge Leo Sorokin reaffirmed his preliminary injunction blocking the president's order from going into effect nationwide.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who filed the lawsuit along with attorneys general from 18 other states and the City of San Francisco, stated, “As we have repeatedly stated, birthright citizenship is the law of the land. The Constitution is more than just words on the paper; it reflects our values. Every child born on these shores is a citizen who must be respected by the law.”

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, who helped file the lawsuit with Sorokin, said he was “gratified that the district court has again enjoined the blatantly unconstitutional birthright citizenship order from going into effect.” "Babies born in the United States are Americans, as they have been at every point in our nation's history," he added. The president can™t change that legal standard with the stroke of a pen, Platkin said.

Other judges have ruled against Trump™s order after the Supreme Court decision.

A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling earlier this month barring Trump™s executive order from going into effect nationwide in a new class-action lawsuit.

U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante in New Hampshire had put his own decision on hold to allow the Trump administration to appeal, but with no appeals filed in the past week, his order went into effect.

On Wednesday, a San Francisco-based appeals court declared the president's executive order unconstitutional and upheld a lower court's nationwide block.

A Maryland-based judge declared this week that she would do the same if an appeals court approved it.

Supreme Court justices ruled last month that lower courts generally cannot issue nationwide injunctions, but they did not rule out other injunctions that could have nationwide effects, including class-action lawsuits and those brought by states.

The Supreme Court did not decide whether the underlying citizenship order is constitutional.