A Judge Blocks Trump's New Bid To Curb Birthright Citizenship, Citing Supreme Court Precedent

A federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction blocking Trump's latest attempt to narrow birthright citizenship, this time framed around 'birth tourism' and alien enemy status. Judge Deborah Boardman ruled the case will stay blocked until a class-action lawsuit from immigrant families and advocacy groups is resolved.

This is the second Trump birthright citizenship order to be struck down; the Supreme Court killed the first version in June. The new order sought to deny citizenship to children of parents deemed connected to foreign embassies, organizations, or gangs, or who 'purchased or accessed' citizenship through travel.

Families told the court the administration had taken an expansive view of who counts as an alien enemy, sometimes based on speculation, leaving some parents afraid a distant relative's gang ties could cost their newborn citizenship. The administration argued the challenge was premature since enforcement guidance hadn't been issued; Boardman rejected that, writing the order commands agencies to deny documents regardless of what future guidance says.

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