U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to curtail automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of his hardline immigration crackdown suffered another legal setback on Friday when a second federal appeals court declined to lift one of the court orders blocking the Republican's executive order.

A three-panel appeals court on Wednesday continued to block the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for children of immigrants, setting up a likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals declined Trump's request to suspend an injunction blocking his executive order to ban birthright citizenship.

A federal appeals court declined to set aside a nationwide injunction against Trump’s order, paving the way for a potential Supreme Court showdown.

President Donald Trump on Friday lost a bid to halt a federal court’s pause on his executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

An appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship must remain paused, denying an appeal by the Trump administration, according to multiple reports—the latest in a string of court rulings involving Trump and cost-cutting czar Elon Musk’s sweeping changes across the federal government.