US court to consider request to block Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship

Democratic prosecutors in four states will ask a federal judge in Seattle, Washington, to prevent the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump from enforcing an executive order limiting the right to automatic U.S. citizenship by birthright. About this on Thursday, January 23, writes Reuters.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour is set to hear arguments from the attorneys general of the Democratic states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon in favor of a temporary injunction that would prevent the Trump administration from enforcing the decree.

The executive order, which Trump signed on Jan. 20 after taking office, directs U.S. agencies to refuse to recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States if their mother and father are not citizens or legal permanent residents, the agency said.

More than 150,000 newborn children will be stripped of their citizenship each year if Trump's executive order remains in effect, Democrats argue.

The prosecutors' motion argues that Trump's executive order violates the 14th Amendment of constitutional law, according to which any person born in the United States is considered a citizen.

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Earlier, on January 21, it was reported that a coalition of at least 18 US states filed a lawsuit against the President's decision to limit the granting of American citizenship by birthright. It was specified that Another group of states, which included Arizona and Washington, filed another separate lawsuit against the decision signed by Trump.

On the same day, the media pointed out Trump's violation of the U.S. Constitution in the immigrant law. The NYT reported that Trump cannot revoke birthright citizenship on his own. Since the president of the country does not have the power to amend the Constitution on his own, any executive order limiting or eliminating birthright citizenship would be challenged in court as a violation of the 14th Amendment.

On Jan. 20, immediately after his inauguration, Trump signed more than 200 new executive orders. Among them were the imposition of a state of emergency on the border with Mexico and the inclusion of drug cartels in the list of terrorist organizations.