A US federal court on Thursday granted a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship, delivering a significant victory to civil rights groups in an escalating legal battle that has already reached the Supreme Court.
The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution establishes 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.” This provision has historically been understood to grant citizenship automatically to most children born in the US, with rare exceptions such as for children born to parents whose diplomatic immunity exempts them from being subject to US legal jurisdiction. Critics of birthright citizenship argue the Amendment should be interpreted more narrowly, excluding children born in the US to parents lacking relevant legal status.
Upon returning to the Oval Office in January, Trump issued an executive order
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