A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order curtailing automatic birthright citizenship is unconstitutional and blocked its enforcement nationwide. The 2-1 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.

The 2-1 ruling keeps in place a decision from a federal judge in Seattle who blocked President Trump’s order and decried what he described as an attempt to ignore the Constitution for political gain.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday issued another major blow to President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, ruling that it’s unconstitutional and upholding a nationwide block against the controversial policy.