A federal judge has issued a temporary block on President Trump's executive order aiming to revoke automatic citizenship for babies born to undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Judge John C. Coughenour ruled in favor of four states that challenged the order, calling it unconstitutional. The legal foundation for this decision rests on the 14th Amendment, which has conventionally guaranteed citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. The order could affect over 150,000 children annually and would limit rights and federal funding for states and assistance programs.
This is a blatantly unconstitutional order, he said.
Legal precedent has long interpreted the amendment that all persons born or naturalized in the United States... are citizens of the United States.
Mr. Trump's order would deny rights and benefits to more than 150,000 children born each year.
States would also lose federal funding for various assistance programs.
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