US Judge Blocks Trump’s Latest Birthright Citizenship Order
What Happened
A federal judge in Maryland, Deborah Boardman, blocked President Donald Trump's latest executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship. The judge ruled that the order likely violates the U.S. Constitution and cited a recent Supreme Court decision that affirmed children covered by the case are “citizens at birth.” The order had targeted “birth tourism” and sought to deny citizenship to certain categories of children born in the U.S. to foreign nationals.
Key Takeaways
The ruling is a major setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to narrow birthright citizenship through executive action. It reinforces the Supreme Court’s recent position that the 14th Amendment continues to protect citizenship rights for children born on U.S. soil.