TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 21, 2025

President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship was blocked for a fourth time earlier this month, Reuters reports. The most recent decision comes from U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland, who blocked implementation of the order for children anywhere in the United States who would be affected. Her decision came in a response to a class action suit filed by a number of advocacy groups. She previously had agreed to grant class action status to the case but put that decision on hold while the administration appealed her ruling to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The paper reports that the appeals court recently dismissed the administration's appeal. Boardman's action was consistent with a finding in February that the order likely was unconstitutional. In related news, Bloomberg Law reports that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is moving forward with plans to implement the order if allowed by the courts.