The order focuses on children whose parents allegedly came to the US through arrangements intended to obtain citizenship or were classified as ‘alien enemies’|Victoria Pickering|CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday temporarily stopped the Trump administration from enforcing parts of a new executive order targeting citizenship for certain US-born children.
President Donald Trump’s new order sought to deny citizenship to kids born to foreign parents who allegedly came to the US through arrangements intended to obtain citizenship or were classified as “alien enemies.”
District Judge Deborah Boardman said the administration cannot use the new order to get around a Supreme Court decision issued in June. That ruling rejected key parts of Trump’s broader attempt to end birthright citizenship.
Boardman said the President must follow the legal framework the Supreme Court already established.
The Justice Department disagrees and says Trump’s latest order fits within the exceptions left open by the court.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said the administration will continue defending the policy, even if the case returns to the high court.