A federal judge in Seattle just hit the pause button on President Trump’s latest executive order aimed at scrapping birthright citizenship.
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour made it clear during a recent hearing that he sees Trump’s move as “blatantly unconstitutional.” He agreed to put a temporary restraining order in place, backed by four states led by Democrats: Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon.
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This order will stay active as the legal battles unfold, marking an early setback for Trump’s aggressive push on immigration reform—something he vowed to tackle on the campaign trail and jumped into right after being inaugurated for a second term on Monday.
The president’s order targeting birthright citizenship was just one of many executive actions he rolled out right after he took office. This move directs federal agencies to stop issuing citizenship documents, like passports, to kids born on U.S. soil if their parents are here illegally or on temporary visas.
As expected, Trump’s order faced quick backlash from the four states involved, along with a coalition of 18 others and various advocacy groups.
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour was the first to hold a hearing on this matter. He listened to the request from those four states to put the order on hold. Appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan back in ’91, Coughenour expressed serious doubts about the constitutionality of Trump’s move, saying he’d be hard-pressed to find any legal experts who would back it up.
Drawing from his four decades of experience on the bench, Coughenour noted he “can’t remember” a case that presented such a straightforward question.
The four states contended that Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship runs afoul of the 14th Amendment, which clearly states that “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.”
“Through the order, babies being born today aren’t considered American citizens anymore,” Lane Polozola, an attorney representing Washington state, argued during the hearing.
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