US judge denies injunction against Trump’s new birthright citizenship order

A United States judge has rejected, for the time being, a request for a temporary restraining order to block President Donald Trump’s second executive order restricting birthright citizenship.

Friday’s decision was one of the first legal tests for the new executive order, which Trump issued on August 6, after his initial attempts to limit birthright citizenship were struck down by the Supreme Court.

District Court Judge Deborah Boardman, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, declined to immediately approve the preliminary injunction, despite expressing concern about Trump’s new order.

“As far as I can tell, this is unprecedented,” Boardman said of the order.

Boardman instructed the plaintiffs — a coalition of immigrant families and advocacy groups — to address the latest executive order directly in their lawsuit, which is a continuation of an ongoing fight over birthright citizenship.

She also indicated she would schedule a briefing once a revised complaint was filed, to consider the restraining order again.

In 2025, Boardman was one of several judges who approved preliminary injunctions to block the first birthright citizenship order Trump signed, declaring it unlawful.

Trump has repeatedly sought to limit who can receive US citizenship at birth, as part of a broader crackdown on immigration in the country.