Appeals court blocks Trump order on birthright citizenship
A three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on Oct. 3, 2025 ruled that the Trump administration cannot end automatic U.S. citizenship for children born in the country to parents present illegally or temporarily, upholding lower-court preliminary injunctions. The panel found plaintiffs are likely to succeed on 14th Amendment grounds; the decision is the fifth federal court order to block the president’s executive order and the administration has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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📌 Key Facts
- The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Boston) issued the ruling on October 3, 2025, upholding injunctions that block the executive order.
- The court concluded the children described in the order are likely entitled to birthright citizenship under the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment.
- This is the fifth federal-court decision since June to either issue or uphold orders blocking the president’s birthright-citizenship executive order; the White House has appealed to the Supreme Court.