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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
I've been in front of Judge Coughenour before to see his frustration personally,
Brown saidIn your opinion, is this executive order constitutional?”
the judge asked
A seven months pregnant woman came with her husband to sign up for a preterm delivery. She isn't due until some time in March
he sharedI think the theory that the Trump administration has is that if they deny certain immigrants access to birthright citizenship for their children, people won't want to come to the United States, whether on a temporary visa or coming illegally, that that will be a deterrent,
says Julia Gelatt, Associate Director of the US Immigration Policy Programme at the Migrant Policy Institute
I’m not sure that birthright citizenship is a big factor in many people’s minds when they decide to migrate,
she addedI have difficulty understanding how a member of the bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,
Coughenour was quoted by AP
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 sayingThe 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
Asking for a passport for yourself, and presumably for these children, could be considered under the U.S. asylum laws as you availing yourself of the country that you’re seeking protection from,
Pérez said
We will most likely have a crisis of thousands of stateless children born in the U.S., not only from Venezuela, but from any immigrant that gives birth and their country does not have an embassy in the U.S.,
said Juan De la Vega, an immigration attorney in MiamiThere might be a loophole for those seeking asylum,
said Helena Tetzeli, an attorney with the American Immigration Lawyers AssociationI appreciate you all putting on about Chicago — some of the city council people saying that they were going to fight the federal government on this, that they don't have a right to come do this in Chicago,
he said
They are literally on track with doing the right thing,
Weber saidWhat the 14th Amendment was doing was making sure that all the African Americans, the slaves, the recently … freed slaves got citizenship,
he continuedThis 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 Thursday
People will come from many, many countries to give birth, and they pay a lot of money to get here,
said HarshbargerIf 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 conference