Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s executive order to end guaranteed birthright citizenship
The case was brought by Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington.
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour ruled in the case brought by the states of Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington, which argue the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court case law have cemented birthright citizenship, according to the Associated Press.
The case is one of five being brought by 22 states and several immigrants rights groups across the country.
Trump on Monday, Inauguration Day, signed the order, along with numerous others. It takes effect Feb. 19, the wire service also reports.