A federal judge in Seattle will hear a request from four Democratic-led states to block Trump's executive order that seeks to limit birthright citizenship. The order, which takes effect next month, reinterprets the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship and argues a child born in the U.S. to an undocumented mother cannot receive citizenship unless their father is a citizen or green card holder. The lawsuit argues Trump's policy would unlawfully strip at least 150,000 newborn children each year of citizenship and cause irreparable harm by denying them full participation in American society.
A federal judge will hear a request made by four Democratic-led states to issue a temporary restraining order against thesigned by Trump that purports to limit birthright citizenship to people who have at least one parent who is a
"The Plaintiff States will also suffer irreparable harm because thousands of children will be born within their borders but denied full participation and opportunity in American society," the lawsuit says. "Absent a temporary restraining order, children born in the Plaintiff States will soon be rendered undocumented, subject to removal or detention, and many stateless."
Lawyers for the Department of Justice, now under new leadership, opposed the request for a temporary restraining order in a court filing Wednesday. Following the Civil War, the United States codified jus soli through the passage of the 14th Amendment, repudiating the Supreme Court's finding in Dred Scott v. Sanford that African Americans were ineligible for citizenship.
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