Big setback for US President Trump, judge puts stay on citizenship order

A US court on Thursday cracked down on President Donald Trump's order to stop Birth Right citizenship. Washington District Judge John Koffner has halted Trump's executive order. He has also termed it 'clearly unconstitutional' and issued a temporary restraining order to stop the policy from being implemented. At the same time, Donald Trump says that he will appeal against it.
According to a CNN report, Federal Court Justice John Kaufner has accepted an emergency request from Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown and Democratic-led states to put the order on hold for the next 14 days to allow for a legal challenge. Justice Kaufner even asked where the lawyers were when the decision to sign the order was taken.
President's order is unconstitutional- Justice Kaufner.
Justice Kaufner said, "I have been on the bench for 4 decades. I do not remember any other case in which the questions asked were so clear." He asked where the lawyers were when the decision to sign this order was taken. He also said that it was boggling his mind that a member of the bar would claim the order to be constitutional.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has given his reaction to this. When asked about this by reporters in the Oval Office, he said, 'Obviously we will appeal against it.'
At the same time, Justice John Kaufner said that the President's order is 'clearly unconstitutional'. The Democratic-led state says that Trump's order violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.
'Children will face negative impacts'
The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees citizenship to all children born on American soil. It also gives citizenship rights to children of immigrants.
While Len Polozola, a Washington lawyer, says that today children are being born across the country whose citizenship is clouded. Children deprived of citizenship under this order will face negative effects.
Polozola further argued that the Trump administration not only ignored these potential harms in its filing, but that harm appears to be the purpose of the order. In addition to the impact on individuals, Washington and other states argue that ending birthright citizenship would impose financial and logistical burdens on state programs because these children would no longer be eligible for many benefits they would normally receive as U.S. citizens.