President Donald Trump’s administration says it’s appealing a Maryland federal judge’s ruling that blocks the president’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for people whose parents

The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, with the intention of granting full citizenship rights to freed African American slaves; its birthright citizenship clause has since been interpreted to include all U.S.-born children, regardless of parental immigration status.

A Maryland federal judge became the second court official in the nation to challenge President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to end automatic birthright citizenship.