Demonstrators hold up a banner during a citizenship rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Trump and the administration "are entitled to pursue their interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and no doubt the Supreme Court will ultimately settle the question," Sorokin wrote in his ruling. "But in the meantime, for purposes of this lawsuit at this juncture, the Executive Order is unconstitutional."
The Trump administration has argued that children born in the U.S. to parents in the country illegally and temporarily are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States and therefore not entitled to citizenship.
Trump signed the birthright citizenship executive order, along with a slew of other orders, on his first day in office in January.
UPENDING US BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP WOULD HAVE DRASTIC NEGATIVE IMPACT, DEFENDERS WARN
Olga Urbina and her 9-month-old son, Ares Webster, participate in a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court over President Donald Trump's move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, D.C., May 15, 2025. (Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images)
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The plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit argued that Trump’s executive order is unconstitutional because the 14th Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship, and it also threatens millions of dollars in state funding for "essential" health insurance services contingent on citizenship status.
Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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