Federal judge blocks Trump birthright citizenship order: 'Unequivocal Constitutional right'

In a Washington authorities courtroom, a national justice scolded the Trump administration Thursday arsenic helium blocked an bid restricting birthright citizenship portion criticizing the president implicit his enforcement order.

"It has go ever much evident that, to our president, the regularisation of instrumentality is but an impediment to his argumentation goals. The regularisation of instrumentality is, according to him, thing to navigate astir oregon simply ignore, whether that beryllium for governmental oregon idiosyncratic gain," U.S. District Judge John Coughenour said portion announcing his ruling from a Seattle courtroom. 

In his order, Coughenour said citizenship by commencement "is an unequivocal Constitutional right."

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President Donald Trump signed an enforcement bid to extremity birthright citizenship.  (Evan Vucci/AP)

"It is 1 of the precious principles that makes the United States the large federation that it is," the ruling states. "The president cannot change, limit, oregon suffice this Constitutional close via an enforcement order."

Thursday's ruling came a time aft a Maryland national judge besides blocked Trump's enforcement order.

In that case, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman, a Biden appointee, noted a anterior ruling that had paused the implementation of Trump's order. 

Boardman argued citizenship is simply a "national interest that demands a azygous policy." The anterior ruling lone paused implementation of Trump's bid for 14 days, however, portion Boardman's ruling volition past done appeal.

"Citizenship is simply a astir precious right, expressly granted by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution," she wrote successful her ruling.

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ICE agents arrested 7 amerciable immigrants during a workforce cognition raid. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

At contented is whether the bid violates the 14th Amendment, which states, "All persons calved oregon naturalized successful the United States, and taxable to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."   

Trump's bid fundamentally withholds citizenship for the American-born children of amerciable immigrants. Critics contend that Trump exceeded his authority.

Coughenour said Trump was trying to amend the 14th Amendment for political reasons. 

"In this courtroom and nether my watch, the regularisation of instrumentality is simply a agleam beacon, which I mean to follow," the justice said.

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Meanwhile, aggregate states person sued to halt the enforcement order. The lawsuit in Seattle was brought by 4 states — Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington.

The Justice Department is expected to entreaty the ruling.