A federal judge in Seattle has granted a motion for a nationwide temporary restraining order filed by Washington Attorney General Nick Brown against President Trump's executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents' immigration status.
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour ruled in the case brought by the states of Washington, Arizona, Illinois, and Oregon, which argue the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court case law have cemented birthright citizenship.
KOMO News Reporter Chris Daniels was in the courtroom when Judge Coughenour called Trump's order "blatantly unconstitutional," scolded the U. S. Department of Justice attorney, and did not hesitate in granting the temporary order.
Following the decision, a news release from Brown's office said in granting his motion, "the court agreed the states’ lawsuit is likely to prevail on the merits of their cases. This order means that immigrant families nationally are protected from any immediate threat of their children losing citizenship. The federal government is not allowed to take any action to deny the protections of citizenship to children born in the U.S. while the lawsuit proceeds."
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