Washington, Feb. 6 -- A federal judge in Maryland has indefinitely blocked US President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors with temporary visas. Judge Deborah L. Boardman from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction after a court hearing in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a case filed by civil rights groups seeking to block Trump's order.

The injunction applies nationally, Xinhua news agency reported. "The Maryland lawsuit is one of at least six different federal cases brought against Trump's order by a total of 22 Democratic-led states and more than half a dozen civil rights groups," according to The Wash...