Kathmandu— A United States federal judge in Maryland has blocked President Donald Trump’s latest effort to roll back birthright citizenship, following the Supreme Court’s ruling that his previous attempt violated the Constitution. District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday against Trump’s new executive order, which was issued on August 6 and aimed at what Trump calls “birth tourism.” The order sought to deny citizenship to children of foreign nationals in certain groups, including those accused of engaging in commercial transactions for citizenship or classified as an “alien enemy,” but Boardman ruled it unconstitutional.

Supreme Court Ruling

The ruling follows a 6-3 decision from the Supreme Court that found Trump’s effort to limit birthright citizenship was illegal. In the Barbara v Trump case, the Supreme Court ruled that birthright citizenship is protected under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. Boardman cited this decision in her injunction, stating that the order “is almost certainly unconstitutional as applied to the certified class for the simple reason that the Supreme Court in Barbara already decided that the children in the class are citizens at birth.”

Legal Challenge

The legal challenge was brought by immigrant rights advocates and families, including groups like the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project. They had previously won an injunction from Boardman last year, blocking the Trump administration from enforcing his initial executive order about birthright citizenship. Last week, Boardman instructed the plaintiffs to revise their complaint to specifically address the second executive order, but she signalled scepticism at the time about its constitutionality.

(With inputs from Al Jazeera)

Originally published on abcnews.com.np.