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On Wednesday, February 5, a federal judge blocked the execution of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at limiting the U.S.’s right to birth citizenship.
The ruling has suspended Trump’s executive order indefinitely, which will take effect nationwide on February 19.
District Judge Deborah’s Board of Directors said in her decision that denying citizenship with the right to birth would cause irreparable harm, stressing that the Supreme Court precedent defended the citizenship of people born on U.S. soil.
She noted that Trump’s order clashed with the simple language of the 14th Amendment, which guaranteed citizenship to anyone born in the country.
“Denied valuable citizenship will cause irreparable harm.
“The country has no court that endorses the president’s explanation,” according to the New York Times. “The court will not be the first.”
The ruling comes after a similar decision by a Washington State federal judge, who issued a 14-day stay in January.
Judge John Coughenour described the measure as “blatantly unconstitutional”, prompting Trump to announce his intention to appeal.
The focus of the legal challenges is in the 14 amendments, which were ratified in 1868, which grants citizenship to all individuals born in the United States.
Trump’s executive order argues that people with illegal or temporary visas in the country are not subject to U.S. jurisdiction and therefore have no right to obtain citizenship.
Opponents of the order pointed out that the case of the Wong Kim Ark on Chinese Americans was a 1898 Supreme Court ruling that he was denied reentering the United States because he was not a citizen.
The court ruled in his favor that it confirmed that the right to birth citizenship applies to immigrant children.
