The game’s afoot! The utterly predictable has happened in the ongoing debate over illegal immigration: On Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court blocked Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blocked the Trump administration’s ban on birth order immigration from taking force on Wednesday, a legal blow that could kick the issue into the hands of the Supreme Court.
The appellate judges ruled unanimously that the administration failed to show that it was likely to succeed on the merits of its appeal, prompting the panel to rule 3-0 against hearing their emergency request.
“The emergency motion for a partial stay of the district court’s February 6, 2025, preliminary injunction is denied,” the judges wrote.
Birthright citizenship, as currently practiced, grants citizenship to children born in the…
