A U.S. District Court has blocked President Trump's executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, affirming a previous nationwide injunction that applies to over 12 states. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin expressed satisfaction with the ruling, emphasizing the order's unconstitutional nature. Trump's executive order, issued in January, was criticized for targeting children born to parents without legal status. The Supreme Court previously limited lower courts' ability to issue nationwide injunctions but acknowledged that states could still obtain such injunctions under certain circumstances, which the judge determined was applicable in this case.
U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin of Massachusetts ruled on Friday that a nationwide injunction he had granted to over 12 states still applied under an exception laid out in the Supreme Court decision.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin stated, 'We are thrilled that the district court again barred President Trump's flagrantly unconstitutional birthright citizenship order from taking effect anywhere.'
Trump issued an executive order in January ending birthright citizenship for children born to parents with no legal status, a move widely decried as unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court weighed in by limiting the ability of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions, but declined to comment on the constitutionality of the order itself.
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