Washington DC: In a big relief for Indian students and professionals living in the United States on visas and awaiting green cards, a federal judge in Seattle has indefinitely blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship. Slamming the order, the court reportedly said Trump is trying to skirt the rule of law to play “policy games” with the Constitution.
US District Judge John Coughenour’s preliminary injunction is the second major legal blow to Trump’s efforts to alter the US law as part of a broader immigration crackdown after a federal judge in Maryland issued a similar ruling.
“It has become ever-more apparent that to our president, the rule of law is but an impediment to his policy goals. The rule of law is, according to him, something to navigate around or simply ignore, whether that be for political or personal gain,” Judge Coughenour said during a hearing on Thursday in Seattle, according to a report by CNN.
“In this courtroom and under my watch, the rule of law is a bright beacon which I intend to follow,” Coughenour continued.
The judge noted that the Constitution is not something with which the government can play policy games. “If the government wants to change the exceptional American grant of birthright citizenship, it needs to amend the Constitution itself,” he stressed.
Relief For Indians In US, Court Blocks Donald Trump’s Citizenship Order Indefinitely
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