US Court Blocks Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship Again

Maryland Federal Court Issues Injunction Blocking Enforcement
"Violation of the 14th Amendment"

A U.S. court has once again blocked President Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship, which he signed on his first day in office.

The U.S. District Court for Maryland on the 5th (local time) issued a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship starting from the 19th, citing the possibility that it may be unconstitutional. This is the second injunction following the one issued by the Seattle District Court last month, and this ruling also applies nationwide.

Judge Deborah Boardman of the Maryland District Court stated regarding President Trump's executive order, "It goes against our country's 250-year history concerning birthright citizenship," and noted that it may violate the 1898 Supreme Court ruling.

She explained, "The U.S. Supreme Court has completely rejected the president's interpretation of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment," adding, "In fact, no court in the United States has ever supported the president's interpretation, and this court will not be the first."

Birthright citizenship is a system that grants U.S. nationality to children born in the United States regardless of their parents' nationality. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." Since the U.S. Supreme Court applied the 14th Amendment to a U.S.-born child of non-citizen Chinese laborer parents in 1898, birthright citizenship has been regarded as a constitutional right.

President Trump, during his presidential campaign, declared that birthright citizenship would not apply to children of illegal immigrants and signed an executive order containing this provision on his inauguration day. However, there have been consistent criticisms that restricting birthright citizenship through an executive order, which is a constitutional matter, is unconstitutional.

The Maryland District Court's decision will remain in effect unless overturned by a higher court. However, it is expected to take several months before a final ruling is made.

Earlier, after President Trump signed the executive order restricting birthright citizenship, 22 states across the U.S. and immigrant rights groups filed lawsuits claiming it was unconstitutional. The Seattle District Court issued the first ruling declaring the executive order unconstitutional on the 23rd of last month and blocked its enforcement for 14 days. A decision on whether to extend the injunction period will be made again on the 6th.

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