A federal judge in the United States Seattle blocked the Trump administration’s executive order on Thursday (January 23), aimed at restricting automatic birth citizenship in the United States and described it as “clean unconstitutional”.
US District Judge John Koganur responded to the request of four Democratic -led states, ordering a temporary ban to stop the implementation of the executive order.
President Trump signed the decree on Monday (January 20) on the first day of his office.
The judge told a lawyer for the US Department of Justice defending Trump’s order, “This is a clearly unconstitutional order.”
22 states’ civil rights groups and Democratic Attorney Generals have filed five cases against the order and termed it a clear violation of the US constitution.
Washington’s Assistant Attorney General Lane Polozola said that under this order, children born today will not be considered a US citizen. Told Senior US District Judge John Koganur at the start of the hearing in Seattle.
Polozola – On behalf of the Democratic State Attorney General of the state of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon – called on the judge to order a temporary ban to prevent the administration from performing this important element of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Do
The challengers argue that the Executive Action violates the Citizenship of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees citizenship to everyone born in the United States.
Trump’s Executive Order instructs US agencies to deny the citizenship of children born in the United States if none of the parents are a US citizen or a legal permanent resident.
In a brief statement submitted by the US Department of Justice late Wednesday, the order was declared “an integral” of President Trump’s strategy to reform the country’s “broken immigration system” and “crisis on the southern border”. Give
The Seattle case has moved faster than the other four cases filed against the executive order.
He is chaired by Judge Koganur, who was appointed by former Republican President Ronald Reagan.
The judge can issue an immediate decision from the bench after the arguments or choose a written decision before Trump’s order is enforced.
Under the decree, any children born after February 19, whose mothers or fathers are not citizens or are not legally permanent residents, will be subjected to deportation and they will be subjected to social security numbers, various government privileges. It will be prevented from gaining the ability to work legally. .
Democratic -led states estimate that if Trump’s order is maintained, 150,000 newborn children will be refused annually.
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