A federal judge in Seattle is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. The directive aims to end citizenship for children born to parents not legally in the country. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour has scheduled a hearing involving lawyers from the Trump administration, four states suing to stop the order, and an immigrant rights organization challenging it on behalf of expectant parents.
Recently, a Maryland federal judge issued a nationwide pause in a similar case involving immigrants' rights groups and pregnant women. The president's executive order seeks to end automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil to parents in the country illegally or on temporary lawful status.
