Judge declines to block Trump birthright citizenship order

A federal judge on Friday declined to immediately block President Donald Trump's revised executive order that seeks to narrow the scope of birthright citizenship, though she sharply questioned its legal foundation and allowed for a swift new challenge. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, rejected a request for a temporary restraining order from immigrant rights advocates, stating that their existing lawsuit did not address the new directive signed by the president on August 6. The decision marks a temporary setback for the coalition of immigrant families and advocacy groups who had successfully challenged Trump's initial 2025 order. That earlier directive, which sought to deny citizenship to children of parents unlawfully or temporarily present in the U.S., was struck down by the Supreme Court on June 30 as unconstitutional. In response, Trump issued the narrower order earlier this month, which targets specific categories of children deemed ineligible for citizenship at birth. During a hearing, Judge Boardman, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, expressed significant skepticism about the new order's viability.