According to news agency Reuters on Thursday, a US federal court has prevented President donald trump from carrying out an executive order that would have denied the nation's residents the right to automatic birthright citizenship.
 
The order was deemed "blatantly unconstitutional" by the judge.
 
An interim order prohibiting the trump administration from carrying out the directive was issued by US district Judge john Coughenour in response to the request of four states led by Democrats. trump signed the directive on Monday, his first day in office after taking office for the second time on january 20.
 
According to Trump's executive order, birthright citizenship can be terminated on february 20.
 
The federal judge's ruling was made only one day after civil rights organizations and Democratic-led states filed many lawsuits against Trump's proposal to revoke birthright citizenship in an early effort by his rivals to thwart his agenda in court.
 
Trump, a Republican, instructed US agencies to deny US citizenship to children born in the US if neither parent is a US citizen or lawful permanent resident after taking office on Monday.
 
"I am having trouble understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this order is constitutional," said Justice Coughenour, placing restrictions on the order.
 
It simply baffles me. The court told a US Justice Department attorney who was defending the president's order, "This is a flagrantly unconstitutional order."
 
Democratic-controlled states including Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon contended that Trump's order violated the rights guaranteed by the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause. It states that everybody born in the united states is a citizen of the nation.
 
Hours after trump issued the executive order, the American Civil Liberties Union, immigration organizations, and an expecting mother filed two similar cases, beginning the first significant legal battle of his presidency.
 
The lawsuits target a key component of Trump's extensive crackdown on immigration. According to Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's office, if Trump's order is upheld, it would be the first time that over 150,000 infants born in the US each year would be denied the opportunity to become citizens.
 
"President trump does not have the authority to take away constitutional rights," she stated in a statement.
 
There was a rush to give birth in the US to avoid the ban deadline after Trump's proclamation restricting birthright citizenship.
 
Before february 20, indian couples were calling doctors and waiting in line at maternity clinics for cesarean sections. According to one gynecologist of indian descent, he received calls from about 20 of these couples.
 
Notably, civil rights organizations and Democratic attorneys general from 22 states have brought many more cases in this manner that are still ongoing around the United States.
 
 
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SIBY JEYYA

24/01/2025 08:50 AM