A federal judge questions the Trump administration on implementation plans for controversial birthright citizenship executive order as advocacy groups file class action lawsuits in response.

A federal judge in Maryland on Monday ordered the Trump administration to explain how it will enforce President Donald Trump's executive order that would deny citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to unlawful immigrants or those on temporary immigrant status,

The US Justice Department told a skeptical judge that the government won’t apply President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship to affected immigrants before July 27, when the US Supreme Court’s 30-day pause on the directive expires.