In the United States, another judge decided to suspend the decree of President Donald Trump, who limited the right to citizenship for children born in the country.
The judge of the Massachusetts District Court Leo Sorokin made a decision in the lawsuit of 18 state prosecutors filed against the decree of Trump, who prohibited citizenship to children born in the USA.
In his 31-page decision, Sorokin noted that the right to birth citizenship is widely provided for by the Constitution, and children born in the USA can also use this right.
Sorokin became the fourth judge who decided to suspend Trump’s decree. Democratic general prosecutors said in their joint press release: “President Trump can consider himself above the law, but today’s decision to suspend the decree sends a clear message. He (Trump) is not the king, and he cannot rewrite the constitution.”
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– Citizenship by the right of birth in the USA
Trump signed a decree that cancel the automatic provision of citizenship to children born in the United States on the day of his inauguration on January 20. In response to decree 18, democratic prosecutors filed a lawsuit.
On January 23, the judge of the Court of Court of Court of Court temporarily suspended the validity of the Decree of Trump, recognized as “inappropriate to the Constitution.” On February 6, a judge in Maryland also decided to suspend the Decree Trump throughout the country.
annually in the United States, about 150 thousand children receive citizenship by birth right in the country.