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Nor is he empowered by any other constitutional provision or law to determine who shall or shall not be granted United States citizenship at birth."
We look forward to presenting a full merits argument to the Court and to the American people, who are desperate to see our Nation’s laws enforced,
I've been in front of Judge Coughenour before to see his frustration personally,
In your opinion, is this executive order constitutional?”
A seven months pregnant woman came with her husband to sign up for a preterm delivery. She isn't due until some time in March
I have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,
Coughenour was quoted by AP Babies are being born today, tomorrow, every day, all across this country, and so we had to act now”.
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown was quoted as saying The executive order was issued three days ago during a time of change of administration. And so it's very early for the agencies to develop their policies that would be necessary
for implementation ... Rosenberg told US District Judge Deborah Boardman Babies are being born today here, and in the plaintiff states and around the country, with a cloud cast over their citizenship."
Obviously, we’ll appeal it.”
Responding to the court blocking the executive order, Trump said We will most likely have a crisis of thousands of stateless children born in the U.S., not only from Venezuela, but from any immigrant that gives birth and their country does not have an embassy in the U.S.,
said Juan De la Vega, an immigration attorney in Miami Asking for a passport for yourself, and presumably for these children, could be considered under the U.S. asylum laws as you availing yourself of the country that you’re seeking protection from,
There might be a loophole for those seeking asylum,
said Helena Tetzeli, an attorney with the American Immigration Lawyers Association People will come from many, many countries to give birth, and they pay a lot of money to get here,
This is about ensuring the citizenship, a cornerstone of our national identity, is protected, respected, and aligned with the principles on which this country was built,
Babin said during a press conference Thursday If the Framers of the 14th Amendment would have known how abused the notion of birthright citizenship would be, which was not even a notion in the 1860s, they would have been absolutely stunned,
Biggs said at the press conference The executive order will impact hundreds of thousands of citizens nationwide who will lose their citizenship under this new rule,
I've been on the bench for over four decades. I can't remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,
Coughenour said of Trump's policy This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,
Under this order, babies being born today don’t count as US citizens,
Washington Assistant Attorney General Lane Polozola argued at the start of the hearing
