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Judge blocks Trump’s latest attempt to restrict birthright citizenship

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Newswire Named sources In the courts
  • A federal judge halted enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to deny automatic citizenship to some children born in the United States.
  • Judge Deborah Boardman said the order was almost certainly unconstitutional and cited a June Supreme Court ruling protecting birthright citizenship.
  • The ruling applies to children born after Feb. 19, 2025, to one or two undocumented parents, while the legal challenge continues.

A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s latest effort to restrict birthright citizenship, saying the president cannot override a constitutional guarantee through an executive order aimed at combating so-called birth tourism.

almost certainly unconstitutional

· Deborah BoardmanThe federal judge’s description of Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship.

Judge Deborah Boardman halted enforcement of the order in a 35-page decision. She said it was “almost certainly unconstitutional” because the Supreme Court had already decided that children born in the United States are “citizens at birth.” That, she added, is “the law” and “the president must follow it.”

Trump signed the new order in August after the Supreme Court rejected an earlier attempt to deny citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants. The latest measure sought to deny automatic citizenship to children of women who travel to the United States to give birth, among other provisions.

citizens at birth

· Deborah Boardman, citing the Supreme CourtThe principle Boardman said the Supreme Court had already established.

Boardman’s ruling prevents the Trump administration from applying the order to any child born after Feb. 19, 2025, to one or two undocumented parents. That date marked the planned start of the original executive order issued at the beginning of Trump’s term to restrict birthright citizenship.

the law

· Deborah BoardmanBoardman’s characterization of the birthright citizenship rule.

The Supreme Court ruled on June 29, 2026, after states and civil rights groups challenged the policy. They argued that an executive order cannot change the birthright citizenship guarantee established by the 14th Amendment. Immigration advocacy groups, including CASA and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, also challenged the new order in Maryland. The order lists possible exceptions involving children of foreign government officials, people deemed foreign terrorists, and children born in unincorporated territories.

the president must follow it

· Deborah BoardmanThe judge’s statement that the executive branch must comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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