A federal judge in Boston issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration from ending birthright citizenship for children of parents in the U.S. illegally. This marks the third court decision against the birthright order since a key Supreme Court ruling in June.
U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin, alongside other judges, upheld a nationwide injunction on the birthright order. The states argue the order is unconstitutional and threatens funding for health insurance services tied to citizenship status.
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin expressed satisfaction with the court’s decision, emphasizing that American-born babies are American by right and the President cannot alter this rule unilaterally.
Judge Sorokin criticized the Trump administration’s lack of clarity in addressing the injunction’s scope, stating that a piecemeal approach would not adequately protect the states.
While acknowledging that the birthright issue may reach the Supreme Court for final resolution, Sorokin affirmed the current executive order as unconstitutional.
The administration has not appealed the recent rulings, preserving the block on denying citizenship to children of undocumented or temporary residents unless the Supreme Court intervenes.
