Trump Citizenship Limit Blocked Indefinitely After Earlier Pause

Feb. 5, 2025, 4:58 PM UTC

A federal judge in Maryland blocked President Donald Trump’s move to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, handing Trump another legal setback in his effort to upend more than a century of US law and court precedents as part of a broader immigration crackdown.

US District Judge Deborah Boardman held on Wednesday that there is a “very strong” likelihood that the executive order that Trump signed on his first day in office violates the US Constitution. Her order — which applies nationwide and will be in effect as long as the case before her is pending — expands on an earlier, ...

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