Trump issued a new birthright citizenship order after the Supreme Court rejected his first. Will a federal judge block it before Sept 12?

U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman blocked President Trump's newest birthright citizenship executive order on September 2, 2026, granting a preliminary injunction in a case brought by immigration advocacy groups in Maryland federal court. In a 35-page opinion, Boardman wrote that the August order was "almost certainly unconstitutional as applied to the certified class," citing the Supreme Court's June ruling that had already struck down Trump's original Day 1 executive order on the subject.

Trump's August order sought to bar federal recognition of citizenship for U.S.-born children in cases where a parent was, among other categories, an "alien enemy," a foreign government employee, or present as part of so-called birth tourism. It was the administration's second attempt to narrow birthright citizenship after the Supreme Court rejected the first version.

The ruling marked at least the fourth court decision blocking a version of Trump's birthright citizenship policy since the Supreme Court's decision, continuing a pattern of federal courts uniformly rejecting the administration's approach to the 14th Amendment question through 2026.

The block came roughly a week and a half before the September 12 deadline in this question. The Predict Six community anticipated this outcome, with 81% forecasting a judge would block the order in time, matching the result.