Federal Judge in the United States Halts Trump’s Citizenship Order Nationwide

ADVERTISEMENT

A Maryland federal judge, Deborah Boardman, ruled that President Donald Trump cannot deny citizenship to individuals born in the USA to parents living in the country without proper documentation or temporary stays, marking the fourth court decision against Trump’s birthright citizenship order since June.
In response to her earlier statement that she would issue such an order if returned to her by an appeals court, which happened in late July, Boardman issued a preliminary injunction.
Since this June ruling, two more district courts and an appellate judge panel have also blocked the nationwide enforcement of Trump’s birthright ban, originally implemented via an executive order on his first day in office.
Trump’s executive order would have withheld citizenship from children born to parents in the US without proper documentation or on temporary stays.
Boardman’s preliminary injunction blocked the order nationwide, potentially offering hope to the Trump administration for upholding the policy, frequently criticized as a violation of the US Constitution.
The 14th Amendment of the Constitution asserts that all individuals born or naturalized in the United States are US citizens.
The Supreme Court overturned Boardman’s decision and other court rulings blocking Trump’s order, stating that federal courts lack the authority to issue nationwide injunctions.
However, the court did not dismiss the possibility of other court orders with nationwide effects, like class-action lawsuits or those initiated by states.
Boardman, in her Thursday ruling, certified a class of children born or to be born in the US after February 19, 2025, who would have been affected by Trump’s order.
She argued that the plaintiffs in the case are “extremely likely” to win their argument that the president’s order is a constitutional violation and are also likely to suffer “irreparable harm” if the order were enforced.