A federal judge indefinitely blocked on Wednesday President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship.
On Trump’s first day in office, he issued an executive order banning the practice.
“The privilege of United States citizenship is a priceless and profound gift. The Fourteenth Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” a White House press release says.
“The Fourteenth Amendment has never been interpreted to extend citizenship universally to everyone born within the United States. The Fourteenth Amendment has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but not ‘subject to the jurisdiction thereof,’” the press release adds.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman said in her ruling that “the United States Supreme Court has resoundingly rejected the president’s interpretation of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment.”
“In fact, no court in the country has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation. This court will not be the first,” she added.
Boardman, a President Joe Biden appointee, said that “today virtually every baby born on US soil is a US citizen upon birth.”
“That is the law and tradition of our country,” she wrote. “That law and tradition are and will remain the status quo pending the resolution of this case.”
Trump’s birthright citizenship ban was to take effect on February 19. A federal judge on January 23 put a 14-day temporary restraining order on Trump’s executive order.
Even if the courts block this executive order, Congress can attempt to make laws against birthright citizenship.
Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX-36) introduced a bill in January attempting to end Birthright Citizenship in America.
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