Court Halts Trump’s Ending Birthright Citizenship Bid

(MENAFN) A U.S. federal appeals court took decisive action on Wednesday by halting President Donald Trump’s executive directive aimed at eliminating birthright citizenship.

The court determined the order is “very likely unconstitutional” and ruled it cannot be implemented while ongoing legal proceedings continue.

In a 2–1 ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals supported an earlier court decision and upheld a nationwide block on the directive, which had been scheduled to take effect on July 27.

The ruling ensures the executive action remains unenforceable for the time being.

Four states—Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon—filed the legal challenge, contending that the policy would decrease population figures and ultimately lead to cuts in federal funding.

“The district court correctly concluded that the Executive Order’s proposed interpretation, denying citizenship to many persons born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We fully agree,” the court’s majority stated in its written opinion.

In a separate case, another federal judge had also prohibited the implementation of the order, extending protection to a nationwide group that included all infants born in the country to noncitizen parents.

Trump issued the executive order in January in an attempt to reinterpret the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment.

His intention was to stop the automatic provision of U.S. citizenship to children born on American soil to undocumented immigrants or those with temporary legal status.

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