Del. AG, other states secure preliminary injunction in birthright citizenship case

DELAWARE – A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against President Trump’s executive order terminating birthright citizenship.

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings and a coalition of states sued in federal courts to invalidate the executive order, which was issued on January 20th. The states requested preliminary relief to prevent the order from taking effect, and on Thursday, a federal judge granted the relief, pending a trial.

If allowed to stand, we’re told the order would have denied citizenship rights to as many as 700 babies born annually in the First State.

“The Court’s ruling should remind the President that we are a nation of laws as much as we are a nation of immigrants,” said Attorney General Jennings. “The Constitution could not be any clearer. Today’s order protects not only American children — who deserve the same rights and opportunities as me, the president, and everyone else — but the institutions that restored this country after the Civil War.”