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New York.- A federal judge from New Hampshire nationally blocked the executive order of President Donald Trump to eliminate nationality or citizenship by birth, which he announced on his second day in office and has proven to be one of the most controversial.
"Depriving of U.S. citizenship in an abrupt change from a long-standing policy, and causes irreparable damage," said Judge Joseph Laplante in the reading of the ruling, who, however, declared a seven-day pause in his decision to allow the Government to appeal his ruling, according to the case filed as a class action lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).The judge, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, emphasized that U.S. citizenship "is the greatest privilege that exists in the world."
The executive order was to come into effect on July 27, after the Supreme Court invalidated other similar blocking orders issued by state judges on the grounds that they could not block orders with federal scope, in what was considered a ruling of enormous legal significance in the face of the "barrier" of judicial decisions that have opposed Trump's policies.
Laplante's failure to the motion presented by "Barbara and others" indicates that the plaintiffs "may suffer irreparable harm if the order (of blocking) is not granted". This same judge had already opposed the same executive order in another ruling in February, but limiting the scope of his ruling only to members of several organizations and not universally, and argued then that Trump's order violated the 14th constitutional amendment.You may be interested in: They seek to prohibit ICE agents from concealing their identity during operations in New York
According to the first interpretation, Laplante's failure refers to "existing and future children" who would be affected by the executive order, but does not mention their parents, as requested by the plaintiffs. The main petitioner, Barbara (without her last name being revealed), is a "Honduran citizen who is pending an asylum application" and is expecting her first child in October of this year, who would be born on U.S. soil. The lawsuit recalls that nationality by birth is a "treasure" guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution and by a long jurisprudence.
