Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, Feb. 5, 2025
“A federal decide Wednesday furthered a block of President Trump’s government order stopping the kids of migrants with out authorized standing from receiving birthright citizenship. U.S. District Decide Deborah Boardman on the conclusion of a listening to in Greenbelt stated Trump’s order “runs counter to our nation’s 250-year historical past of citizenship by start” and sure violates an 1898 Supreme Courtroom choice on the problem. “The US Supreme Courtroom has resoundingly rejected the president’s interpretation of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Modification,” Boardman stated. “In truth, no court docket within the nation has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation. This court docket is not going to be the primary.” “Right this moment, just about each child born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen upon start. That’s the legislation and custom of our nation,” she stated. “That legislation and custom are — and can stay — the established order pending the decision of this case. The federal government is not going to be harmed by a preliminary injunction that forestalls it from implementing the chief order more likely to be discovered unconstitutional. If something, our system of presidency is improved by an injunction that forestalls unconstitutional government motion.”
[The case is 8:25-cv-00201-DLB, Casa Inc. et al v. Trump et al. I will post a PDF of the injunction once it becomes available.]
