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Trump to begin enforcing birthright citizenship order as early as this month, DOJ says
Trump to begin enforcing birthright citizenship order as early as this month, DOJ says

Fox News

time10 hours ago

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Trump to begin enforcing birthright citizenship order as early as this month, DOJ says

Trump administration lawyers told a federal judge Tuesday that they could begin enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship before the end of July — moving quickly to enforce the controversial order just days after a landmark Supreme Court ruling. Lawyers for the administration told U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman that they would not enforce Trump's executive order before July 27, in recognition of a 30-day stay ordered by the Supreme Court in its ruling last week. "The Court's stay thus allows Defendants to immediately begin to 'develop and issu[e] public guidance about the executive's plans to implement the executive order," Justice Department attorney Brad Rosenberg said Tuesday in a court filing. The update comes after Trump officials testified Monday at an emergency hearing in Maryland, where Boardman grilled government lawyers for details on how they plan to enforce the president's order. Trump's order, signed on the first day of his second White House term, directs all U.S. government agencies to refuse to issue citizenship documents to children born to illegal immigrants, or who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen of lawful permanent resident. It was almost immediately blocked by lower courts, before eventually making its way to the Supreme Court, which reviewed the case in May. The high court's 6-3 ruling Friday narrowly focused on the authority of lower courts' ability to issue nationwide injunctions and did not wade into the legality of Trump's executive order, which served as the legal pretext for the case. In the ruling, the justices said plaintiffs seeking nationwide relief must file their cases as a class action lawsuit — prompting a flurry of action from the ACLU, CASA and other immigrant advocacy groups who amended their filings over the weekend. In Monday's emergency hearing, Boardman demanded specifics from the administration. "Just to get to the heart of it," she said. "I want to know if the government thinks that it can start removing children from the United States who are subject to the terms of the executive order." Rosenberg responded in the filing that July 27 "is the earliest date on which defendants may begin to apply" under the Supreme Court's stay. Lawyers for the Trump administration also stressed that the Supreme Court's ruling last week, which centered on universal injunctions, does not preclude it from taking other actions before that date, and said it plans to "immediately" begin developing and issuing public guidance on the order. The high court's ruling touched off a flurry of new lawsuits from the ACLU and other immigration advocacy groups, who re-filed class action lawsuits in federal courts in Maryland and New Hampshire. The order, signed by Trump on his first day in office, was immediately challenged in January by more than 22 U.S. states and immigrants' rights groups, which argued the effort to end birthright citizenship was both unconstitutional and "unprecedented," threatening more than 100 years of legal precedent. It also sparked deep and unyielding concerns from critics, who noted that roughly 150,000 children in the U.S. are born annually to parents of noncitizens. Advocates have warned possible fallout from the order could prove "catastrophic." "I think one thing we have documented in the record is the incredible stress, anxiety and fear that our plaintiffs are experiencing because they're not lawyers," CASA attorney William Powell said Monday. "It is confusing to them, and we can't really assure them the order is fully blocked, because it's not."

US Gives Birthright Case Judge Assurances Amid Deportation Fears
US Gives Birthright Case Judge Assurances Amid Deportation Fears

Bloomberg

timea day ago

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  • Bloomberg

US Gives Birthright Case Judge Assurances Amid Deportation Fears

The US Justice Department told a skeptical judge that the government won't apply President Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship to affected immigrants before July 27, when the US Supreme Court's 30-day pause on the directive expires. Government lawyer Brad Rosenberg made the pledge in a filing Tuesday with US District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland. She'd requested written assurances after expressing concern about the potential for child deportations under the executive order during the 30-day window.

Maryland judge gives Trump administration deadline to put birthright citizenship plans in writing
Maryland judge gives Trump administration deadline to put birthright citizenship plans in writing

Yahoo

time2 days ago

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  • Yahoo

Maryland judge gives Trump administration deadline to put birthright citizenship plans in writing

A look outside U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt on Sept. 30. (Photo by William J. Ford/Maryland Matters) A federal judge gave Justice Department lawyers until noon Tuesday to confirm, in writing, the administration's plans for implementing an executive order on birthright citizenship after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted nationwide injunctions on the order Friday. Justice Department attorney Brad Rosenberg said at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland on Monday that the Trump administration does not plan to begin acting on the order — which would deny citizenship to anyone born in the U.S. if neither parent was a citizen — for another four weeks. That's the grace period set in the Supreme Court's Friday ruling. But U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman was looking for more than verbal assurances. 'I want to know if the government thinks that it can start removing children from the United States who are subject to the terms of the executive order, and who are not plaintiffs or members of the plaintiff's organization,' Boardman said. She ordered Rosenberg to submit in writing, by noon Tuesday, the government's view of what it can do under the executive order. She also gave Rosenberg until next Monday to respond to the motion by immigrant parents and soon-to-be parents to turn the case into a class action lawsuit — the reason for Tuesday's hearing. The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Boardman and judges in two other districts in the U.S. could only block the executive order against plaintiffs that brought the respective cases, but said the district judges did not have the authority to impose nationwide injunctions. But the ruling, as well as a concurring and a dissenting opinion, all said 'that courts may award injunctive relief beyond the named parties when the case is brought as a class action.' So attorneys for pregnant immigrants were back in court Monday, seeking to turn the case into a class action for 'all children who have been born or will be born in the United States on or after February 19, 2025, who are designated by Executive Order 14,160 to be ineligible for birthright citizenship, and their parents.' That class involves thousands of babies who have been born since Feb. 19, the day President Donald Trump's executive order was scheduled to take effect, and thousands more who will be born while the case is decided, as well as their parents, the motion said. A recent study by the Migration Policy Institute estimated that eliminating birthright citizenship could affect up to 250,000 babies a year. The attorneys also asked Boardman to grant a preliminary injunction against Trump's order immediately, to prevent any harm to their clients while the requst for class certification proceeded. 'Removal is not the only irreparable harm that we're concerned about,' said William Powell, an attorney for the plaintiffs, during Monday's hearing. 'We're obviously also concerned about other potential ways in which the order could be enforced to deprive newborns of potential rights.' Potential members of the class are also documenting stress and anxiety, Powell said. He shared an anecdote about a plaintiff who is experiencing a more stressful and difficult pregnancy because she fears what will happen once her child is born. 'It is confusing to them exactly what these things mean,' Powell said. 'We can't really assure them the order is fully blocked, because it's not.' President Donald Trump issued the order on Jan. 20, his first day back in office. It claimed that citizenship does not automatically extend to everyone born in the U.S., excluding mothers who are here illegally or on a temporary visas unless the father has citizenship or is here with permanent legal resident status. Rosenberg argued against class certification, which he said would be 'prejudicial' to the government, and noted that the plaintiffs could have moved for class certification before Friday. The case filed by CASA and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project includes 15 women — some under pseudonyms because of their legal status — in nine states, including Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Washington. Some are in the U.S. without documentation, some are here on visas, many have asylum or other immigration applications pending in various stages. This article was first published by Maryland Matters, part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Maryland Matters maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Steve Crane for questions: editor@

Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported
Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

Yahoo

time2 days ago

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  • Yahoo

Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday questioned when the Trump administration will try to enforce its birthright citizenship executive order and asked if the government would attempt to deport U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally or temporarily before restrictions on birthright citizenship might take effect in late July. Justice Department attorney Brad Rosenberg told U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman that the administration doesn't intend to deport any children covered by President Donald Trump's executive while the Supreme Court has suspended its enforcement for 30 days. He called it a "hypothetical" question. The judge gave Rosenberg until Tuesday to submit a written summary of what the administration believes it 'can and can't do' after last Friday's Supreme Court ruling. She asked if the government would be 'seeking to deport babies' before July 26. The judge said her question referred to children who were born after Feb. 19 and are covered by Trump's executive order but aren't plaintiffs in litigation challenging the order. 'No," Rosenberg said. "I just want to be clear. I am responding to the court's characterization of what it believes the United States might do after 30 days from the date of the Supreme Court's decision. But, again, I would note that (federal agencies) have all been tasked with developing guidelines for implementation of the executive order. So I view that as a hypothetical.' 'I take the government at its word that the United States does not intend to do that and it is not doing that," Boardman said. Plaintiffs' attorney William Powell said their clients are experiencing "incredible stress, anxiety and fear" after the Supreme Court's decision. 'They're not lawyers. It is confusing to them exactly what these things mean,' Powell told the judge. 'We can't really assure them, 'Oh, no, the order is fully blocked,' because it's not.' Powell said deportation isn't the only 'irreparable harm' that plaintiffs' attorneys are concerned about. 'We're obviously also concerned about other potential ways in which the (executive) order could be enforced to deprive newborns of potential rights,' he said. Boardman, who sits in Greenbelt, Maryland, isn't the only district court judge grappling with how to tailor their orders to comply with the Supreme Court decision written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Judges in Massachusetts and Washington state have issued a a separate orders on birthright citizenship, as has a judge in New Hampshire, though that order applied more narrowly and wasn't nationwide. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, who along with other states and cities brought a case in Massachusetts federal court, said in a letter Monday he was seeking a hearing on whether a nationwide order blocking the president is warranted. Platkin said the nationwide injunction in New Jersey's case doesn't run afoul of the Supreme Court's recent opinion but added the high court offered 'alternative forms of relief' while leaving debate over what those could be to lower courts. The high court's majority ruled that federal judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear whether Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship could soon take effect in parts of the country. Birthright citizenship automatically makes anyone born in the United States an American citizen, including children born to mothers in the country illegally. The right was enshrined soon after the Civil War in the Constitution's 14th Amendment. The U.S. is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship is applied. Trump and his supporters have argued that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen. ___ Associated Press writers Mark Sherman and Mike Catalini contributed to this report.

Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported
Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

Al Arabiya

time2 days ago

  • Politics
  • Al Arabiya

Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

A federal judge questioned when the Trump administration would try to enforce its birthright citizenship executive order. She also asked if the government would attempt to deport US-born children of people who are in the country illegally or temporarily before restrictions on birthright citizenship might take effect in late July. Justice Department attorney Brad Rosenberg told US District Judge Deborah Boardman that the administration doesn't intend to deport any children covered by President Donald Trump's executive order while the Supreme Court has suspended its enforcement for 30 days. He called it a 'hypothetical question.' The judge gave Rosenberg until Tuesday to submit a written summary of what the administration believes it can and can't do after last Friday's Supreme Court ruling. She asked if the government would be seeking to deport babies before July 26. The judge said her question referred to children who were born after February 19 and are covered by Trump's executive order but aren't plaintiffs in litigation challenging the order. 'No,' Rosenberg said. 'I just want to be clear. I am responding to the court's characterization of what it believes the United States might do after 30 days from the date of the Supreme Court's decision. But again I would note that (federal agencies) have all been tasked with developing guidelines for implementation of the executive order. So I view that as a hypothetical.' 'I take the government at its word that the United States does not intend to do that and it is not doing that,' Boardman said. Plaintiffs' attorney William Powell said their clients are experiencing 'incredible stress, anxiety and fear' after the Supreme Court's decision. 'They're not lawyers. It is confusing to them exactly what these things mean,' Powell told the judge. 'We can't really assure them, 'Oh no, the order is fully blocked,' because it's not.' Powell said deportation isn't the only irreparable harm that plaintiffs' attorneys are concerned about. 'We're obviously also concerned about other potential ways in which the (executive) order could be enforced to deprive newborns of potential rights,' he said. Boardman, who sits in Greenbelt, Maryland, isn't the only district court judge grappling with how to tailor their orders to comply with the Supreme Court decision written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Judges in Massachusetts and Washington state have issued separate orders on birthright citizenship, as has a judge in New Hampshire, though that order applied more narrowly and wasn't nationwide. New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, who along with other states and cities brought a case in Massachusetts federal court, said in a letter Monday he was seeking a hearing on whether a nationwide order blocking the president is warranted. Platkin said the nationwide injunction in New Jersey's case doesn't run afoul of the Supreme Court's recent opinion but added the high court offered alternative forms of relief while leaving debate over what those could be to lower courts. The high court's majority ruled that federal judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear whether Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship could soon take effect in parts of the country. Birthright citizenship automatically makes anyone born in the US an American citizen, including children born to mothers in the country illegally. The right was enshrined soon after the Civil War in the Constitution's 14th Amendment. The US is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship is applied. Trump and his supporters have argued that there should be tougher standards for becoming an American citizen.

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