- Federal District Judge Deborah Boardman blocked Donald Trump's administration from enforcing new executive orders aimed at restricting birthright citizenship.
- The judge ruled that Trump's latest carveouts are almost certainly unconstitutional and violate a landmark Supreme Court decision regarding the 14th Amendment.
- The blocked executive orders sought to deny citizenship to children born in U.S. territories and to children of foreign government employees or parents accused of lying about travel intentions.
- Department of Justice attorneys argued the orders exploited exceptions left open by the high court, but Judge Boardman dismissed the argument as a distorted interpretation of the ruling.
- The preliminary injunction protects thousands of infants from being left in legal limbo while challenges to the executive actions proceed.
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