Quotes
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."
He addedObviously, we’ll appeal it.”
Responding to the court blocking the executive order, Trump said
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,
the department said
People will come from many, many countries to give birth, and they pay a lot of money to get here,
said Harshbarger
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 ThursdayIf 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 conferenceThe executive order will impact hundreds of thousands of citizens nationwide who will lose their citizenship under this new rule,
Polozola said
This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,
Coughenour told Shumate
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
I really would like to be able to meet with President Putin soon to get that war ended,
Trump said
They have a great deal of power over that situation,
he saidI'm trying to be constructive because I love Europe,
he saidNo president can change the constitution on a whim and today's decision affirms that,
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said
Birthright citizenship makes clear that citizenship cannot be conditioned on one's race, ethnicity or where their parents came from,
he said after the rulingWe think we have good ground
he said
That interpretation that Mr Trump posits in his executive order has never been adopted by anyone – not by Congress, not by any court. It’s never been accepted as an appropriate interpretation of the birthright citizenship right that is enshrined in the US constitution, ... We’re very confident – it’s in clear violation of US law and US constitution.”
he said, adding
Just because he’s the president doesn’t mean he can change the US constitution,
Bonta, a Democrat, said in an interview this weekI’m happy to work with the Trump administration on all things that benefit our mutual constituents,
Bonta said, listing efforts to combat drug and human trafficking, organized retail crime and hate crimes as possible areas of collaboration