US Citizenship: I have not seen anything like this in 40 years… Why did the judge stay Trump's order, know what happened in the court

Trump's Birthright Citizenship law has frightened millions of immigrants living in America, but after the judge's stay, everyone has heaved a sigh of relief, but Trump has suffered a major setback. Federal Judge Coughenour on Thursday stayed Donald Trump's order to change Birthright Citizenship, calling it "clearly unconstitutional".
Why did the judge put a stay on the law
The states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon had appealed against Trump's order in the court, after which Seattle-based US District Judge John Coughanour has put a stay on this order. However, this stay is temporary. This stay does not mean that the executive order signed by Trump will be completely canceled. This stay has been imposed for only 14 days. Also, the judge has called this law against the US Constitution.
What Judge John Coughenour said:
- "I am at a loss to understand how any member of the bar can categorically state that this order is constitutional," the judge told a US Justice Department lawyer defending Trump's order.
- I have been on the bench for the last 40 years, but I have never seen anything like this in these 40 years. This is a grossly unconstitutional order.
- Judge Coughenour (84) was appointed by former US President Ronald Reagan. In this case, Judge Coughenour questioned the Department of Justice attorney about this law. The judge asked DOJ attorney Brett Shumate, does Shumate personally believe that the order is constitutional?
- Under this order, children born today do not count as U.S. citizens, Washington state Assistant Attorney General Len Polozola told the judge during the hearing, referring to Trump's policy.
Justice Department responded
- The Justice Department responded to the judge's questions by saying Donald Trump's action was constitutional and called any judicial order blocking it "highly improper." Before Shumate finished responding to Polozola's argument, Coughenour said he had signed a temporary order to stop the law.
- Shumate said that the argument that the Trump administration is making now has never been tried before. He also said that the 14-day temporary stay imposed by the judge to stop this law was not necessary because this 14-day stay will end before the start of the Birthright Citizenship law. Trump signed the Birthright Citizenship law on January 20 and according to Trump's order, the Birthright Citizenship law will be implemented in the country after February 20.
- The lawyer later said in a statement that he would “defend” the president's executive order.
Will there be a permanent ban?
The ban that the judge has put on Trump's Birthright Citizenship Law is temporary. It is not a permanent ban. The judge has put a stay on this law for just 14 days. On the other hand, immediately after the ban was put by the judge, Trump said, we will appeal against it. This means that it is wrong to think that this law has been completely stopped.
What did Trump announce?
- As soon as Donald Trump took power, he signed an executive order on birthright citizenship on January 20. Under the 14th amendment of the US Constitution, every child born in the country is entitled to birthright citizenship of the country, but Trump has demanded a change in it, under which now only those children are entitled to birthright citizenship in the country whose either mother or father is an American citizen.
- Under Trump's order, any child born in the US after February 19, whose mother and father are not US citizens or lawful permanent residents, will be subject to deportation and will not be granted birthright citizenship of the country. Due to this, children will not be able to avail social security and various types of government benefits.
- America is one of the 30 countries in the world where children are given birthright citizenship. Canada and Mexico are also included in this.
- According to Democratic-led states, if Trump's order is allowed to stand, more than 150,000 children annually will not be entitled to birthright citizenship in the country.
Voices were raised against this law in the country
Trump had given 30 days to implement this law, under which every child born in America after February 19 will not be given birthright citizenship. After this, people in the country got scared. Such a picture came out which is very frightening. There was a line of pregnant women outside the hospitals. Who were demanding early delivery of the child, so that their child is born before February 19 and he gets the birthright citizenship of America.
Due to this, voices were raised against this law in the country. Since Trump signed the order, 6 lawsuits have been filed challenging it, most of them filed by civil rights groups and Democratic attorneys general of 22 states. The states argued that Trump's order violated the rights enshrined in the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution. Under which it is provided that any person born in America is a citizen.