A Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday against the executive order of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who eliminates the right to citizenship by birth in the country.
The decision that supports a previous ruling, issued by a court in lesser instance, clutches the action of the president of “unconstitutional” and prohibits that it can be implemented nationwide.
The lawsuit was filed by four states with Democratic governments -washington, Arizona, Illinois and Oregon- and is the first time that an appeal court issues a ruling on this case.
“The District Court correctly concluded that the interpretation proposed in the Executive Order, which denies citizens to many people born in the United States, is unconstitutional. We completely agree,” wrote the judges of the court, which leaned 2-1 against the Executive Order.
Today’s ruling comes just under a month after the US Supreme Court published a ruling that limits the power of federal judges to issue precautionary measures nationwide.
The decision allows exceptions for collective demands and states if a Court sees a precautionary measure at the national level in its demands, as is the case of today’s decision, issued by the Ninth District Appeals Circuit, in California.
The demanding parties argue that, although it is allowed in their states to recognize citizens by birth, that other parties do not mean “irreparable damage.”
The states “will be denied federal reimbursements for medical care and social services provided to children who would no longer be considered citizens according to the Executive Order, and will incur substantial administrative costs associated with compliance with said order,” said the ruling.
On his second day in power, Trump signed an executive order to eliminate the right to citizenship by birth to the children of undocumented and migrants with temporary visas. The decree contradicts the amendment 14 of the Constitution of 1868, which considers anyone who is born in the US citizen
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