CNBC: Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban, Preventing Newborns Across the U.S. from "Unconstitutional Deprivation of Citizenship"

CNBC July 10 report (by reporter Nate Raymond from Concord, New Hampshire) On July 10 local time, U.S. federal judge Joseph Laporte ruled in court to temporarily block President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship and granted collective litigation status to affected infants nationwide. This ban, originally scheduled to take effect on July 27, required at least one parent to be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident in order to obtain birthright citizenship; otherwise, it would deprive newborns born in the U.S. of their constitutional rights.

After hearing an emergency appeal from ACLU lawyer Cody Wofsy, Judge Laporte determined that "depriving birthright citizenship would cause irreparable harm" and issued a temporary injunction on the spot, leaving a seven-day period for the government to appeal. Data shows that this policy would render children born to temporary residents such as those with tourist or student visas stateless, directly impacting the "birthright citizenship" principle established by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.

"The court's ruling will protect every child in the United States from being harmed by this illegal, unconstitutional, and cruel executive order," Wofsy, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrant Rights Project, emphasized after the hearing. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson insisted that the executive order "aims to restore the original intent of the 14th Amendment," but the Department of Justice's objection to the scope of the collective lawsuit was rejected by the judge.

Previously, although the Supreme Court did not revoke the effectiveness of the executive order, it clearly limited its effective date to July 27. The ACLU launched a new round of collective lawsuits in late June, directly pointing out that this policy would create a "generational deprivation of rights." Chaffee, executive director of the ACLU in New Hampshire, stated: "No politician has the right to decide who deserves to be an American - we will fight to the death to defend the citizenship rights of every child born in the U.S."

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