Appeals court refuses to lift block on Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship

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Source: USA TODAY

Appeals court refuses to lift block on Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship

Bart Jansen
USA TODAY
Published 12:35 p.m. ET March 11, 2025 * Updated 1:08 p.m. ET March 11, 2025

A federal appeals court continued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump's order to end automatic citizenship to children born to two parents who are not legally authorized to be in the country, another setback for his top priority of strengthening immigration enforcement.

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals covering New England became the nation's second federal appeals court to refuse Trump's request to allow his order to take effect while the case is litigated, after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals along the West Coast. Trump has said he expects to eventually win the legal dispute at the Supreme Court.

A three-judge appeals panel refused to overturn the lower-court's injunction, which found the states were likely to succeed in proving the order violated the Constitution and that the children at stake would be irreparably harmed.

Chief Judge David Barron wrote for Judges Julie Rikelman and Seth Aframe that the government hadn't made a "strong showing" that the state attorneys general were likely to lose their case nor that the government was "likely to succeed in showing that the Executive Order is lawful."

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Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/11/trump-birthright-citizenship-blocked-appeals-court/82268537007/

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BREAKING: The First Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Trump administration's effort to lift a nationwide block on its effort to restrict birthright citizenship.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25557281/ca1.pdf

March 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM

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