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## Video: Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

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_Published 2025-01-23. A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order._


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## Transcript

We came to the courthouse today to defend the United States Constitution, to defend democracy in America, and to defend what it means to be an American citizen. We are thrilled that the court saw the seriousness and the urgency of the complaints and requests for a temporary restraining order brought by the state of Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Illinois and are thrilled that the judge issued a temporary restraining order directing the United States government to take no further action in enforcing and implementing the unconstitutional and un-American Executive Order attempting to eliminate birthright citizenship in America.

This is step one. But to hear the judge from the bench say that in his 40 years as a judge, he has never seen something so blatantly unconstitutional sets the tone for the seriousness of this effort. This is fairly obvious. This is fairly simple. This has been expressly determined by the United States Supreme Court and Congress, and multiple executives have looked at it and agreed. And so I was not surprised to see Judge Kunau sort of dismiss the absurdity of the the order and the absurdity of the president's action. This order effectively forces states to prepare for the effective date of that order, has an impact now, and, more importantly, created a cloud of uncertainty for children being born here and in Seattle, all across Washington and all across the country.

And so the urgency by which we moved was effective and appropriate and supported by the court. We'll take one step at a time, but I see no reason why in a court of appeals or even the United States Supreme Court would reach a different decision that was reached today.

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