Trump’s newest order on birthright citizenship blocked in federal court

By: Ariana Figueroa

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: September 2, 2026

Words: 214

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship.

In a preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman barred the Trump administration from carrying out the president's executive order that would deny citizenship to babies born in the United States to parents deemed part of a designated terrorist organization or to parents who purposefully came to the U.S. to gain citizenship in what critics call “birth tourism.” …

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