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  "id": 5217553,
  "title": "A judge blocks Trump's new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/a-judge-blocks-trumps-new-bid-to-curb-birthright-citizenship-citing-5217553",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T01:20:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
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    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/a-judge-blocks-trumps-new-bid-to-curb-birthright-citizenship-citing-supreme-court-precedent-1.500661404"
  },
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  "account": "A federal judge has halted President Donald Trump's recent effort to restrict birthright citizenship by issuing a preliminary injunction against his executive order. The order, aimed at targeting \"birth tourism,\" would have excluded children born to individuals who engaged in a commercial transaction to acquire US citizenship. US District Judge Deborah L. Boardman, appointed by President Joe Biden, ruled that the Supreme Court's decision on birthright citizenship is final, stating that children born on US soil are citizens at birth, barring a few exceptions. The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, has guaranteed birthright citizenship since then. Trump has previously attempted to end birthright citizenship through executive orders, but the Supreme Court struck down these attempts. In August, Trump issued a narrowed order targeting specific categories of people, including those born to adults with ties to foreign embassies or considered \"alien enemies.\" The order defined birth tourism as entering the US on a nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on American soil, and families feared their children could be denied citizenship due to this. The lawsuit, brought by immigrant families and advocacy groups, highlighted the uncertainty and fear caused by the executive order, with the families joined by We Are CASA, the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection. The judge rejected the administration's argument that the request to block the order was premature, emphasizing that the executive order mandates agencies to deny citizenship to certain broad categories of children.",
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        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Biden-Appointed Judge Rejects Trump's New Birthright Citizenship Order",
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        "published": "2026-09-02T23:35:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/us-judge-blocks-trumps-latest-effort-to-limit-birthright-citizenship",
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Judge blocks Trump's latest effort to narrow birthright citizenship",
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        "published": "2026-09-03T00:51:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "A judge blocks Trump’s new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/a-judge-blocks-trumps-new-bid-to-curb-birthright-citizenship-citing",
        "published": "2026-09-03T01:06:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "A judge blocks Trump’s new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/a-judge-blocks-trumps-new-bid-to-curb-birthright-citizenship-citing-5219155",
        "published": "2026-09-03T01:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Federal judge blocks Trump's new bid to end automatic US citizenship",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-new-bid-to-end-automatic-us-citizenship",
        "published": "2026-09-03T01:42:03.000Z"
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