Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Birthright Citizenship Order
- Seattle judge called Trump order ‘blatantly unconstitutional’
- Nationwide pause will last for 14 days pending next stage
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from restricting who is eligible for automatic US citizenship at birth, in an early legal setback for the new administration’s hard-line immigration agenda.
US District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle called Trump’s executive order “blatantly unconstitutional” and questioned the quality of lawyering within the administration. The order, which Trump signed on his first day in office, denies automatic citizenship to US-born children of immigrants who entered the country illegally or have a temporary legal status.