Court rejects Trump’s Appeal of birthright citizenship
New York, Feb 19 (EFE).-
A United States appeals court rejected an emergency appeal Wednesday by President Donald Trump’s administration to make effective the revocation of birthright citizenship, which directs the measure toward the country’s supreme court.
Trump signed an executive order at the beginning of his term to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants or those with temporary status born in US territory, as part of his reform of the immigration system.
The order was temporarily paused by federal judge John C. Coughenour, of Seattle, after a lawsuit by four Democratic state attorneys general, and was paralyzed more permanently after a battery of similar lawsuits, including those from other authorities and civil rights organizations.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco responded Wednesday to an emergency appeal from the Justice Department to vacate Judge Coughenour’s ruling, in what is the first action at the appellate level, and rejected that request.
The appeals panel, which includes a judge appointed by Trump in his first term, Danielle Forrest, said it will address the issue in depth later and argued that it was not an emergency that required rapid intervention, according to CNN.
With the order, Trump questions the interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which refers to birthright citizenship, and says that there should be stricter standards for becoming a citizen.
Ratified in 1868, after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment says “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.” EFE
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