Unconstitutional and Almost Unheard Of: Trump’s Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship Gets Shut Down.

Unconstitutional and Almost Unheard Of: Trump’s Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship Gets Shut Down.

by Yeyetunde at January 23, 2025

The news as it trends.

 

A federal judge in Washington state has issued a temporary restraining order halting President Donald Trump’s executive order that aimed to end birthright citizenship in the United States.

The executive order, signed by Trump on Inauguration Day, sought to redefine the constitutional guarantee of citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil.

U.S. District Judge John Coughenour described the order as “blatantly unconstitutional.”

The judge’s decision came after arguments from attorneys general of Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Illinois, who argued that the executive order violated the 14th Amendment and the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.

The executive order, which was set to take effect on February 19, 2025, would have impacted hundreds of thousands of people born in the country.

The lawsuits argue that the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship for people born and naturalized in the U.S., and states have been interpreting the amendment that way for over a century.

The laws guiding citizenship in the United States have been in place since the adoption of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution in 1868.

The 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and ensures equal protection under the law.

Although in the United States, elected officials are expected to follow the court order and respect the judge’s decision, it remains to be seen if Trump will put up another fight with another executive order, leading to another long legal battle until his four-year term is over.

Experts have concluded that a law that has guaranteed citizenship for millions of people is believed to be there for another century to come.

This includes generations of men and women, including Donald Trump and his family, who have benefited greatly from the very law he was attempting to end. 

According to a report by the New York Times, Trump’s mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was an immigrant who came to the United States barefoot in 1930, seeking work as a maid.

She was described as destitute and in need of a better life. She arrived in New York City and later became a U.S. citizen in 1942.

The report also shows that Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, left Germany after refusing to serve in the German military.

He was banished and sought solace in America, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1892.

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