The Trump administration continues to fight for anti-immigration measures in the courts. Photo: AP PHOTO

President Donald Trump's effort to curtail birthright citizenship has been declared unconstitutional by a second US appeals court, handing him another defeat on a core piece of his hardline immigration agenda.

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The Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld injunctions won by Democratic-led states and immigrant rights advocates that have stopped the Republican president's executive order from taking effect nationwide.

Trump's order, issued on his first day back in office

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