A US court has suspended Trump’s executive order limiting the right to citizenship for newborns.
Agence France-Presse writes about this on the evening of January 23.
Federal Judge John Cofenour in Seattle, Washington, suspended the order for 14 days:
“I have been working for more than 40 years and I cannot remember a single case that was so obvious,” he said during the hearing.
Earlier, a coalition of 22 American states and human rights organizations filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s decree.
Its text states that citizenship cannot be issued to children of illegal migrants or those who are in the country temporarily, having entered without or with a student, work or tourist visa.
The lawsuit, seeking to “stay the unlawful action of the President,” was filed in connection with a violation of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, adopted in 1868.
Background
On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order limiting birthright U.S. citizenship. The document states that children whose mother is in the United States illegally or temporarily cannot obtain citizenship.
Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. Amendments to the Constitution require a majority vote in Congress followed by ratification by three-quarters of the states. A coalition of 22 American states has filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s decision to limit American citizenship by birthright, writes the Associated Press.
The lawsuit, seeking to “stay the unlawful action of the President,” was filed in a district court in Massachusetts in connection with a violation of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, adopted in 1868.
According to the text of the decree that Trump signed on inauguration day, a child will not have the right to acquire US citizenship by birth, for example, if both parents were in the country legally at the time of his birth, but with documents only for temporary residence , including, for example, a tourist or work visa.
If the child’s mother was in the United States illegally at the time of his birth, and the father was not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, the child will also not be able to apply for citizenship by birth.
The President cannot, with the stroke of a pen, dismantle the existence of the 14th Amendment, period,” said New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin.
The White House said it was prepared to take on the states in court and called the lawsuits “nothing more than a continuation of the resistance of the left”:
The radical left can either choose to swim against the tide and reject the prevailing will of the people, or it can join in and work with President Trump, White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields said.
In addition to the states, the District of Columbia and San Francisco, immigrant rights groups are also suing to stop Trump’s order.
Chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts, along with other immigrant rights advocates, have already filed a lawsuit in federal court in New Hampshire.
The plaintiffs asked the court to declare the decree unconstitutional.
Depriving children of the “priceless treasure” of citizenship is a serious harm. This deprives them of full membership in U.S. society to which they are entitled,” the lawsuit said.
In addition to New Jersey and the two cities, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington also filed a separate lawsuit in federal court challenging Trump’s order.
Source: Racurs
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