US Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Bid to End Birthright Citizenship
The controversial executive order, signed shortly after Trump assumed office, instructed federal agencies to withhold citizenship recognition from children born in the U.S. if neither parent is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
A federal judge has issued a temporary block on former President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to terminate the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, describing the move as “blatantly unconstitutional.”
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour delivered the ruling in a lawsuit spearheaded by Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon, asserting that the 14th Amendment and longstanding Supreme Court precedent unequivocally uphold birthright citizenship.
The controversial executive order, signed shortly after Trump assumed office, instructed federal agencies to withhold citizenship recognition from children born in the U.S. if neither parent is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. This directive has prompted a wave of legal challenges from civil rights organizations and Democratic attorneys general across 22 states, who have labeled the order as flagrantly unconstitutional.
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