this The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal The Trump administration’s ban on birth order immigrants on Wednesday was blocked, a legal blow that could kick the problem into the hands of the Supreme Court.
The appeal judge unanimously ruled that the government failed to prove its potential success under the merits of the appeal, prompting the panel rule 3-0 rather than hearing its urgent request.
“An emergency motion for partial stay in the District Court on 6 February 2025 was denied,” the judge wrote.
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President Donald Trump speaks in an executive order signed by the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 11, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The ruling allowed the Seattle District Court decision to temporarily prevent the executive order from taking effect. The court said Wednesday it would continue its June deadline to take into account the merits of the case more carefully.
So far, the court has not yet supported the Trump administration’s executive order, trying to ban birthright citizenship, although several district courts have prevented it from taking effect.
For its part, the Justice Department attempts to describe the order as “a part of President Trump’s broader effort to repair the U.S. immigration system and to address the ongoing crisis at the southern border.”
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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service seals are displayed on the phone screen. (Beata Zawrzel/Nurphoto via Getty Images)
The executive order prohibiting citizenship of the right to birth will take effect on February 19 and will affect the thousands of children born in the United States each year.
To date, at least 22 U.S. and immigration rights groups have sued the Trump administration to ban birthright citizenship and argued in court documents that the executive order is both unconstitutional and “unprecedented.”
this Executive Order On the issue, aiming to clarify the 14th Amendment, which states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and comply with their jurisdiction are people from the United States and the country in which they reside.”
Instead, the language proposed by the Trump administration, which was subsequently blocked – it can be clarified that illegal immigrant parents or legal but temporary non-immigrant visas were born to people who were not citizens of the right to birth.
Protesters shouted on January 29 as they rally against President Donald Trump’s immigration policy in New York City. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The United States is one of about 30 countries Citizenship with the right to birth application.
Countries that challenge the law believe that the 14th Amendment does actually guarantee citizenship for people born on U.S. soil and naturalize them in the U.S.
Several district courts across the country have previously blocked the order, prompting the Trump administration to file emergency relief earlier this month.
If the Trump administration appeals the Ninth Circuit’s ruling against the Supreme Court, it will face Justice Elena Kagan, the Supreme Court responsible for the 9th Circuit.
