"We're struggling," she added.

They add that if the order is implemented, residents of those states will "suffer immediate and irreparable harm"."The individuals who are stripped of their United States citizenship will be rendered undocumented, subject to removal or detention, and many will be stateless," the lawsuit states.

Trump's Department of Justice argued that the case brought by the states does not warrant the "extraordinary measure" of a temporary restraining order, but the judge disagreed.The 14th Amendment, adopted in 1868, states in part: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States".The DoJ argued that the clause "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof", excludes children of non-citizens who are in the US unlawfully, and added that the order is "an integral part" of Trump's goal to address the country's "broken immigration system and the ongoing crisis at the southern border".

There were 255,000 children born to undocumented mothers in the US in 2022, according to the states' legal challenge.The amendment has been interpreted by courts as granting citizenship to anyone born on US territory, with very limited exceptions such as the children of foreign diplomats.

Without a direct amendment to the US Constitution - which requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress, plus the approval by America's states - experts say the issue is likely to be ultimately decided by the courts.

Lawyers for the federal government said they planned to appeal the ruling, and that they expected the case to end up in front of the US Supreme Court., when waste containing sodium cyanide flowed into the River Tisza, a tributary of the Danube, following a dam burst at a goldmine in Romania.

The accident killed about 80% of fish in the river and devastated local populations of birds and other animals.Sodium cyanide dissolves in water and can have serious adverse health effects if people or pets come into direct contact with it, the council advised.

Anyone exposed to the water who felt unwell should seek medical advice through the NHS 111 service or phone 999 in an emergency, a spokesperson for the authority added.People living on boats on the canal in the affected area were being made aware of the spill, the Canal and River Trust said.