A U.S. district court granted on the 2nd (local time) a request for a preliminary injunction to halt the enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting birth tourism aimed at acquiring U.S. citizenship.
According to The Hill that day, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman of Maryland granted a preliminary injunction sought by immigrant advocacy groups, citing a U.S. Supreme Court precedent from June this year.
In her order, Judge Boardman said, "I again enjoin the recent attempt by the president to strip citizenship from children born to parents unlawfully present in the United States."
As a result, the administration cannot, for now, strip U.S. citizenship from children born after Feb. 19, 2025, to one or both parents who were unlawfully present.
On his first day in office last year, President Trump issued an executive order limiting birthright citizenship guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, but the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated it in June this year.
Trump did not accept that ruling and in July signed two new executive orders that included banning entry for the purpose of giving birth in the United States.
In response, immigrant groups filed for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland to suspend the effect of those executive orders as well.
The U.S. Department of Justice argued that the two new executive orders were narrower in scope than the first and had not yet taken effect, so the plaintiffs' request for an injunction was invalid, but the court did not accept that argument.