WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Maryland has issued a nationwide injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at limiting the rights of children born in the United States, according to media reports. did.

Former President Joe Biden’s appointment with U.S. District Court Judge Deborah L. Boardman for the District of Maryland, has been filed by two nonprofits representing immigrants and five pregnant women. I heard. They live in the United States without legal status, along with the father of their children.

“Now, almost every baby born in US soil is a US citizen at birth,” Boardman said. According to Reuters. “That is the laws and traditions of our country. That law and tradition will continue to be held on hold to resolve this case.”

The interim injunction is the second to the president’s executive order after a federal judge in Seattle, Washington, on January 23rd. A 14-day injunction has been issued.

Executive Order, Trump signed on his first daythe federal government states that it will not recognize or issue citizenship documents to children born to parents in the country without proper permission after February 19, or that parents are in the United States on a temporary visa. Other parents are non-citizens or green card holders.

The Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Conservation at Georgetown University Law Center represents the plaintiffs.

The complaint was argued The Trump administration’s executive order is “a serious violation of the history underlying the amendments to Article 14, federal law, and the texts of those statutory statutes, and the fundamentals of the citizenship of all children born in the United States.” We guarantee the rights of

“Children who are disenfranchised are in the US with their families, even as their older siblings are often US citizens and their parents are often allowed to live in the US. There is no right or right.” Complaint. “It’s true that these children have no access to citizenship in any country and they will live forever in the temporary suffering of where they find themselves.”

The complaint also alleged that the US Supreme Court upheld the issue in 1898 US vs Wong Kim Ark.

The Trump administration’s Justice Department argued that the 1898 Supreme Court case was misinterpreted.

The Justice Department argued that birthright citizenship should be limited to parents who have “permanent US residence and residence.”

“Illegal foreigners are not allowed to be in the United States at all,” said Eric Hamilton, a Justice Department lawyer, according to Reuters.

Last updated at 3:29pm, February 5, 2025