Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

CBS Bay Area

January 24, 2025

A federal judge in Seattle temporarily blocked President Trump's new executive order that seeks to eliminate birthright citizenship.

At a hearing Thursday, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour called Mr. Trump's order "blatantly unconstitutional" and said he will grant the request for a temporary restraining order sought by four Democrat-led states that challenged it: Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon.

The judge's order will remain in place while legal proceedings continue and is an early blow to the unilateral efforts undertaken by Mr. Trump to crack down on immigration, which he promised to do on the campaign trail and began to pursue almost immediately after he was sworn in for a second term Monday.

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