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 US President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.
Slamming the order, the court reportedly said Mr 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 US President 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.
The judge noted that the Constitution is not something with which the government can play policy games. He emphasized If the government wants to change the exceptional American grant of birthright citizenship, it needs to amend the Constitution itself.