(6 Feb 2025)
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Seattle – 6 February 2025
1. Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown exiting court
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Brown, Washington state Attorney General:
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"It is a pleasure to be here again outside of this courthouse where once again, the U.S. Constitution was defended, where the rule of law was defended. And we reaffirmed what it means to be an American in this country."
3. External of courthouse
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Brown, Washington state Attorney General:
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"We have a president who must abide by the laws. And if they want to amend the Constitution, there is a process by which to do that. Because as of today, we’re back to the status quo that we’ve had in this country for 150 years, that you are an American if you are born on U.S. soil. So I’m really thrilled with the court’s reaffirming to that today."
5. External of courthouse
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Brown, Washington state Attorney General:
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"Well, this case will proceed. And now the preliminary injunction that we have is the law of the land. Once again, the United States government can not take any action to enforce or implement the executive order that was issued by the president. And we will see what next steps the United States tries to take. But for now, the law remains and will be subject to the court’s further rulings."
7. External of courthouse
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nick Brown, Washington state Attorney General:
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"We have great colleagues across this country and another coalition of Democratic attorney generals bringing a case in the district of Massachusetts. And those case will continue to proceed. And that is appropriate when we have big, immense challenges. And what we’re facing right now in this country is the Trump Administration moving 100 miles an hour in 100 different areas and on a daily, daily basis, breaking the law, violating the United States Constitution. And that is, I think, a reinforcement from my perspective, why it’s so important to have multiple cases being brought across this country to make sure that we are responding with the same urgency that we’re seeing to the lawlessness from Washington, D.C."
9. End of press conference
STORYLINE:
A second federal judge in two days has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of parents who are in the U.S. illegally.
U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle on Thursday decried what he described as the administration’s treatment of the Constitution and said Trump was trying to change it with an executive order.
The latest proceeding came just a day after a Maryland federal judge issued a nationwide pause in a separate but similar case involving immigrants’ rights groups and pregnant women whose soon-to-born children could be affected.
The president’s executive order seeks to end the automatic grant of citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to parents who are in the country illegally or who are here on a temporary, but lawful basis such as those on student or tourist visas.
For now, it’s on hold. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland followed that up with an injunction keeping it on hold long-term, until the merits of the case are resolved, barring a successful appeal by the Trump administration.
Coughenour’s injunction comes two weeks after he called Trump’s order “blatantly unconstitutional” and issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking its implementation.
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