India, Feb. 6 -- President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born to parents who entered the US illegally has faced another setback, with a second federal judge issuing a nationwide pause on the measure.

Calling citizenship a "most precious right", US District Judge Deborah Boardman said on Wednesday that no court in the country has endorsed the Trump administration's interpretation of the 14th Amendment. She said that her court won't become the first one to do it.

"Citizenship is a most precious right, expressly granted by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution," Boardman was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.

Boardman said that only a nationwide injunction on the order could provide reli...