US Judge Blocks Trump's Order to End Birthright Citizenship

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A federal judge temporarily blocked on Thursday, Jan. 23 President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship in the country.

District Court Judge John Coughenour criticized the order as being "blatantly unconstitutional". He was responding to a request from lawyers in Arizona, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington to halt the order while courts consider legal cases against it.

President Trump's order threatens to rescind a Constitutional right that has been recognized for more than 150 years. The 14th Amendment in the US Constitution grants citizenship to anyone born in the US.

The amendment also grants citizens protection from discrimination and government action, which would deny equal protection of the law to these individuals.

The president's executive order was to come into effect on Feb. 19; when he received news of the judge's decision, he said, "Obviously we'll appeal it".

Major changes usually require an act by Congress with approval from 38 out of 50 states.

The four states said in a court filing, "Nothing in the Constitution grants the President, federal agencies, or anyone else authority to impose conditions on the grant of citizenship to individuals born in the United States."

Another group of 18 Democratic-led states have filed a separate legal case, which the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco have joined.

The American Civil Liberties Union have raised a legal challenge to President Trump's executive order.

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US Judge Blocks Trump's Order to End Birthright Citizenship

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