September 02, 2026
A Maryland federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump's latest attempt to curtail birthright citizenship cannot be applied to a certified class of children, saying the U.S. Supreme Court already decided that the children were citizens once born.
August 31, 2026
The Trump administration is asking a Maryland federal judge to limit any forthcoming injunction of the White House's new birthright citizenship order to a narrow temporary restraining order applying only to new order's "alien-enemy" and "birth-tourism" categories, after the judge said Friday that plaintiffs challenging the order face irreparable harm.
August 27, 2026
The Trump administration has defended its new executive order targeting birthright citizenship after losing at the U.S. Supreme Court in June, urging a Maryland federal court not to block the new order from being implemented.
August 25, 2026
A group of noncitizens and immigrant services organizations urged a Maryland federal court Monday to block President Donald Trump's new executive order targeting birthright citizenship following his loss at the U.S. Supreme Court, saying he "cannot unilaterally amend the Constitution."
August 08, 2025
All children who have been born "or who will be born" in the United States are protected from President Donald Trump's executive order that aims to strip them of their right to citizenship, as a Maryland federal judge granted them class certification and blocked enforcement of the order.
July 18, 2025
A Maryland federal judge has said she can't rule on a bid to block President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order for a proposed nationwide class since another preliminary injunction is on appeal, but that she would grant the request if the Fourth Circuit remanded to let her do so.
July 11, 2025
In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other forms of relief used in regulatory challenges and class actions. So far, judges don't appear receptive to those efforts.
July 08, 2025
The Trump administration Monday opposed two immigration advocacy groups' bid to block President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order for a proposed nationwide class, saying the groups were essentially seeking a universal injunction that the U.S. Supreme Court had recently rejected.
June 30, 2025
A Maryland federal judge ordered expedited briefing Monday amid an amended bid to block President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order after questioning whether the administration can start deporting babies before a nationwide injunction expires in late July.
June 27, 2025
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court limited federal judges' ability to issue nationwide injunctions Friday, groups challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order fired off a volley of new lawsuits, switching their legal actions to class action complaints.