US court stops Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship
(MENAFN) A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that sought to eliminate birthright citizenship, declaring the action “very likely unconstitutional” and suspending its enforcement while legal challenges proceed.
In a 2–1 ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a prior decision by a lower court, keeping in place a nationwide injunction that prevents the order from taking effect. The directive was originally scheduled to be implemented on July 27.
The legal challenge was brought by several states—Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon—which argued that the policy would negatively impact their population totals and lead to significant reductions in federal funding.
“The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order’s proposed interpretation, denying citizenship to many persons born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We fully agree,” the court’s majority stated in its opinion.
In a separate action, another federal judge had already blocked the order from being applied to a nationwide group, which included all newborns in the U.S. born to noncitizen parents.
The executive order, signed by Trump in January, attempted to change the established understanding of the Citizenship Clause in the 14th Amendment. It aimed to deny automatic citizenship to children born on U.S. soil if their parents were undocumented or in the country on a temporary basis.
However, multiple courts have now intervened, referencing longstanding constitutional protections and legal precedent to prevent the policy from moving forward.
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