Washington According to media reports, a federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday imposed a countrywide injunction on President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to restrict U.S.-born children’s citizenship rights.
Former President Joe Biden nominated Judge Deborah L. Boardman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland to hear the lawsuit, which was filed by five pregnant women and two nonprofit organizations that represent immigrants. They are in the United States illegally, as are the fathers of their children.
According to Reuters, Boardman stated that almost all infants born in the United States now are citizens of the country at birth.That is both our nation’s law and custom. Until this matter is resolved, that law and tradition will continue to be the norm.
Following a 14-day injunction given by a federal judge in Seattle, Washington, on January 23, this preliminary injunction is the second against the president’s executive order.
The executive order that Trump signed on his first day in office states that if one parent is in the country on a temporary visa and the other parent is a noncitizen or a green card holder, the federal government will not recognize or grant citizenship documents to any child born after February 19 to parents who are in the country without the required authorization.
The plaintiffs are represented by Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection.
All children born in the United States are guaranteed the fundamental right to citizenship, according to the complaint, which claimed that the Trump administration’s executive order is a blatant violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, a federal statute, and the background of those enactments.
According to the complaint, even though their parents frequently have the legal right to reside in the United States and their elder siblings frequently hold U.S. citizenship, the children who are denied citizenship have neither the status nor the right to stay in the country with their family. In fact, these kids might not be able to obtain citizenship in any nation, which would leave them stateless and forced to endure the short-term hardships of wherever they end up.
Additionally, the complaint contended that the matter was supported by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1898 case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark.
The Justice Department of the Trump administration contended that the Supreme Court case from 1898 is misconstrued since Wong Kim Ark’s parents were both legally present in the nation at the time of his birth.
According to the Justice Department, only parents who have a permanent home and domicile in the United States should be granted birthright citizenship.
According to Reuters, Eric Hamilton, an attorney with the Justice Department, stated that illegal aliens are not allowed to remain in the United States at all.
