How the Judge Who Blocked Trump's Order Turns Immigrants Into Citizens
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Under a mural that once hung at Ellis Island, dozens of men and women stood before a judge in a Brooklyn courtroom last week and became naturalized citizens of the United States—among the first to do so under President Donald Trump.
"Our country is at its best when we focus on the things we share," U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly of New York's Eastern District told the assembled immigrants. Two days after the routine ceremony, the same federal judge working from the same courthouse would issue an emergency ruling that temporarily blocked the government from turning away from airports the refugees, visa holders, and legal U.S. residents caught up in Trump's executive order.