By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-09-02 22:36:35 | Updated at 2026-09-03 01:18:54
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President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he signs executive orders during a press availability in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 5, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order that aimed to restrict birthright citizenship.
The ruling, from U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, granted immigrant rights advocates’ request for a preliminary injunction, which comes roughly two months after the Supreme Court rejected the administration’s initial effort to end birthright citizenship.
At first, the judge declined to block the directive Trump signed on Aug. 6 but allowed the immigrant groups to revise their lawsuit so that she could then consider whether to issue a preliminary injunction against what she described as an “unprecedented” order.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
