KEMETIC MINDS — BREAKING NEWS
September 02, 2026
A US federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s latest executive order to limit birthright citizenship, a measure issued on Aug. 6 that took aim at what Trump has called “birth tourism” (Al Jazeera, 2026).
Key Facts
- District Judge Deborah Boardman issued the preliminary injunction Wednesday in a Maryland federal court [1].
- The challenged executive order sought to deny citizenship to children of foreign nationals in certain groups, including those accused of engaging in a commercial transaction to obtain citizenship or classified as an “alien enemy” [1].
- Boardman wrote that the order “is almost certainly unconstitutional as applied to the certified class for the simple reason that the Supreme Court in Barbara already decided that the children in the class are citizens at birth” [1].
- In June, the Supreme Court ruled six to three in the case Barbara v Trump that birthright citizenship is protected under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution [1].
- Birthright citizenship confers automatic citizenship on anyone born in the US, outside of a handful of narrow exceptions, such as the children of diplomats or invading armies [1].
Court’s Reasoning
“This Court must, once again, preliminarily enjoin enforcement of the President’s most recent attempt to strip the right to citizenship from them,” Boardman wrote [1]. She said the new order was unconstitutional for the same reason Trump’s previous effort failed, citing the Supreme Court’s June decision in Barbara v Trump [1].
The constitutional basis for birthright citizenship has been upheld in several Supreme Court cases over the years, most notably in US v Wong Kim Ark, the case of an American man born to Chinese parents [1]. The ruling follows a 6-3 decision from the Supreme Court that found Trump’s effort to limit birthright citizenship was illegal [1].
Administration Position
Trump campaigned for a second term on a pledge to crack down on immigration, and one of his promises was to reform the concept of birthright citizenship [1]. Trump and his allies have argued that children of temporary or undocumented immigrants do not qualify for the right, as they are not under the “jurisdiction” of the US [1].
According to the report, the new order took aim at “birth tourism,” the practice of intentionally giving birth on foreign soil [1]. Since the Supreme Court’s June decision, Trump and his allies have continued to probe for ways to challenge the constitutional protections for birthright citizenship [1].
What’s Still Unconfirmed
The source report is truncated and does not identify the plaintiffs in Wednesday’s legal challenge, specify the full composition of the certified class, or state whether the administration has announced plans to appeal [1].
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References
- Al Jazeera. (2026, September 3). US judge blocks Trump’s latest effort to limit birthright citizenship. aljazeera.com ↩a ↩b ↩c ↩d ↩e ↩f ↩g ↩h ↩i ↩j ↩k ↩l ↩m ↩n
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