A federal judge is set to hear the first arguments in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents' immigration status.

President Trump's executive order challenging birthright citizenship will face its first legal test in a Seattle courtroom Thursday.

Four Democratic-led states will urge a federal judge in Seattle on Thursday to block U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing the Republican's executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States.

This is where Mr Trump’s talk of an “invasion” becomes more than rhetorical bombast. Framing the cartels as terrorists invading America is meant to legitimise his use of the law. And because America is being invaded, Mr Trump argues, he can block anyone from crossing the border. The courts may not see it that way. ■

The president’s Day 1 actions included directives that fly in the face of legal limits on involving the military in domestic operations and the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Top law enforcement officials in the Twin Cities are already pushing back against President Trump's new hardline immigration policies. The big picture: Just days into the new administration, Trump's campaign pledge to oversee mass deportations of immigrants is taking shape,