US judge blocks Trump's newest order limiting birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON, Sept 2: A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship that President Donald Trump issued after the US Supreme Court rejected his previous effort.

US District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, issued a preliminary injunction, opens new tab at the request of immigrant rights advocates who had last year secured a ruling from her blocking the Trump administration from enforcing his initial 2025 executive order curtailing birthright citizenship.

The US Supreme Court on June 30 rejected that initial effort to end birthright citizenship for children whose parents were not American citizens or legal permanent residents, known as green card holders, finding it violated the citizenship clause of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment. The clause, which was the focus of the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Barbara v. Trump, confers citizenship to those born in the United States who are "subject to the jurisdiction thereof."�"REUTERS