U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman of Maryland issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against President Trump’s executive order (EO) aimed at limiting birthright citizenship.

Key Points:

  • In her ruling, Judge Boardman said Trump’s EO “conflicts with the plain language of the 14th Amendment.”
  • While the EO had already been temporarily blocked by U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle, Judge Boardman is issuing a longer-lasting preliminary injunction against it.
  • Trump signed the “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” EO on his first day in office, directing agencies not to recognize birthright citizenship for a child born in the U.S. if the father is not a citizen or green card holder and the mother is either in the U.S. unlawfully or in the U.S. lawfully but temporarily. The EO is the subject of multiple federal lawsuits.

This alert has been provided by the BAL U.S. Practice Group.

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