President Donald Trump’s promise to end birthright citizenship has experienced multiple court challenges, only to be blocked once again by the federal judiciary.
According to the Associated Press, the effect of an activist federal judge’s order blocking the Trump administration from ending the program kicked in on Friday, with another judge eyeing a similar outcome.
New Hampshire-based U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante “had paused his own decision to allow for the Trump administration to appeal, but with no appeal filed in the last week, his order went into effect,” the outlet noted.
According to the report, the judge’s decision could still be appealed by the Trump administration, or it could ask the court to narrow the judge’s order.
Neither has happened as of yet.
Cody Wofsy, the ACLU attorney representing children who would be affected by Trump’s restrictions under his plan to end birthright citizenship, released a statement.
“The judge’s order protects every single child whose citizenship was called into question by this illegal executive order,” Wofsy said.
“The government has not appealed and has not sought emergency relief, so this injunction is now in effect everywhere in the country.”
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