Updated On: 24 January, 2025 08:22 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
Lawsuits filed by 22 states, immigrants rights groups across the country

A temporary shelter for deported immigrants built at the US-Mexico in Matamoros, Mexico. Pic/AFP
A federal judge in Seattle is set to hear the first arguments on Thursday in a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship regardless of the parents’ immigration status.
US District Judge John Coughenour scheduled the session to consider the request from Arizona, Illinois, Oregon and Washington. The case is one of five lawsuits being brought by 22 states and a number of immigrants rights groups across the country. The suits include personal testimonies from attorneys general who are US citizens by birthright, and names pregnant women who are afraid their children won’t become US citizens.