This is a first snub for Donald Trump. An American judge temporarily suspended, this Thursday, January 23, the challenge to land law ordered by the new president, a measure emblematic of his anti-immigration offensive.
“This is a manifestly unconstitutional order,” said federal magistrate John Coughenour, quoted by local media during a hearing in Seattle. Reached by telephone, a court clerk confirmed the suspension to AFP.
A measure challenged in court by 22 American states
Following his inauguration on Monday, Donald Trump signed a decree returning to the rights of the soil, a founding principle enshrined in the 14th amendment of the American Constitution and applied for more than 150 years in the United States. This measure was immediately challenged in court by 22 American states, including California and New York, which pointed out its unconstitutionality.
“I have been a judge for over forty years and I cannot recall another case in which the question asked is as clear as this one,” added Justice Coughenour, suspending the decree.
The executive order was to prohibit the federal government from issuing passports, certificates of citizenship or other documents to children whose mother is in the United States illegally or temporarily, and whose father is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident – holder of the famous green card.