The suit argues some children could be left "stateless" under the executive order, unrecognized as a citizen in the U.S. or their parents' countries of origin.

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

U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour’s ruling in the case brought by Washington and three other states is the first in what is sure to be a long legal fight over the order’s constitutionality.