Courts Block Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

Federal courts, including the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Massachusetts, have blocked former President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, maintaining nationwide injunctions. The courts ruled the order unconstitutional, citing the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of citizenship to all persons born in the U.S. and referencing the 1898 Supreme Court case United States v. Wong Kim Ark. Judges found that narrower injunctions would inadequately protect states from administrative and financial burdens. Critics, such as Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, have called the rulings judicial overreach, but courts have asserted that broad relief is necessary. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the merits of Trump's order, and the issue remains unresolved. Until a final decision, birthright citizenship protections remain intact for children born on U.S. soil.