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US Birthright Citizenship: A federal judge of America has given a big blow to President Donald Trump. The judge has called Trump’s executive order ‘unconstitutional’, in which he had abolished the right to grant citizenship on the basis of birth. The judge has also put a temporary stay on this executive order. That is, for the time being, children born in America will continue to get citizenship there.
Trump signed this order on January 20, the very first day of the start of his second term. Four Democratic-ruled states had filed a petition against this order of Trump. Democratic-ruled states like Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon claimed in the petition that Trump’s order violates the right to citizenship given in the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. US District Judge John Kaufner was hearing this petition. On Thursday, he ordered the Trump administration to stop implementing this order.
What was Trump’s executive order?
Donald Trump issued an executive order just after taking the oath of office to end the right to birthright citizenship in America. Its purpose was to prevent US citizenship for children born in the US to illegal immigrants or people living on visas.
What did Judge Kaufner say?
Judge John Kaufner said, ‘I don’t understand how a legal expert can say that this order is constitutional. This is beyond my understanding. I have been on the bench for more than four decades. I don’t remember any other case that raises such a clear question in this matter. This is clearly an unconstitutional order.
