# US judge blocks Trump’s latest effort to limit birthright citizenship

https://mins.news/en/item/42902

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-03 00:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/3/us-judge-blocks-trumps-latest-effort-to-limit-birthright-citizenship?traffic_source=rss

> A federal judge in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction against Donald Trump’s new executive order seeking to restrict birthright citizenship for children in certain groups. Judge Deborah Boardman said the measure was almost certainly unconstitutional, citing the Supreme Court’s earlier 6-3 ruling that the children concerned are citizens at birth.

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