A federal judge has granted Washington state’s request for a preliminary injunction against the president’s executive order on birthright citizenship, temporarily preventing the federal government from denying citizenship to children of immigrants.
This ruling ensures that immigrant families across the country are safeguarded from any immediate risk of their children losing citizenship as Washington’s legal challenge progresses.
Thursday’s hearing was part of a multistate lawsuit filed on Jan. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The case, initially brought by Washington and later joined by Oregon, Arizona, and Illinois, was combined with a similar lawsuit from the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. This separate case represents two expecting mothers and a proposed class of pregnant individuals in Washington who could be affected by the executive order.
