Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul called this a victory for the rule of law, the constitution, and the kids that would have been impacted by this ruling. He also says it removes a burden from the state.

"If this executive order would have gone into effect, we would have had to have a process in place for determining, on an individual basis, whether kids were U.S. citizens or not," Kaul said. 

Meanwhile, Wisconsin's 3rd District Congressman Derrick Van Orden issued a statement, saying in part:

"The Fourteenth Amendment was enacted in the aftermath of Dred Scott to guarantee citizenship for freed slaves, not to establish automatic citizenship for individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States or only temporarily here. This ruling departs from that historical context and the original understanding."