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First Circuit Upholds Nationwide Block on Trump Birthright Citizenship Order

The unanimous ruling deepens the administration’s losses, positioning the dispute for high-court review.

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in the distance, framed through columns of the U.S. Senate at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joseph Edlow speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at the agency's headquarters Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Camp Springs, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
In this photo made with a slow shutter speed, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, after the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases as the justices acted in a legal fight over President Donald Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

Overview

  • A three-judge panel in Boston upheld district court injunctions, finding the president’s bid to curtail birthright citizenship is likely unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
  • The 100-page opinion by Chief Judge David J. Barron invoked precedent including Wong Kim Ark and rejected arguments to narrow relief after the Supreme Court’s Trump v. CASA ruling.
  • Friday’s decision marked the fifth federal court since June to issue or sustain orders blocking enforcement of the January executive order.
  • The injunctions were sought by a coalition of nearly 20 states and immigrant-rights groups, with judges citing the administrative chaos a patchwork of citizenship rules would create.
  • The Justice Department has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take two related cases, and the White House said the lower courts are misinterpreting the 14th Amendment.