Birthright Citizenship in America .. Boston Court Resolves Controversy Against Trump Administration

In a historic ruling issued yesterday, Friday, October 4, 2025, the federal appeals court in Boston ruled that President Donald Trump's administration cannot end the right to U.S. citizenship for children born in the United States to parents residing in the country illegally or temporarily.

This ruling marks the fifth of its kind since last June, as five federal courts have issued or upheld injunctions preventing the enforcement of the presidential order aimed at stopping the automatic granting of citizenship to these children.

The three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeals stated that the plaintiffs have a strong chance of succeeding in proving that these children are eligible for citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the right to citizenship for anyone born on U.S. soil.

This case comes at a time when it is expected to be quickly referred to the U.S. Supreme Court, which had previously curtailed the authority of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions in a ruling made in June.

On the same day, another appeals court upheld a number of organizations that filed lawsuits against Trump's decision, thereby confirming the continuation of a heated legal dispute over this issue.

This ruling reaffirms the constitutional rights of hundreds of thousands of children born in the United States and sets a limit on the Trump administration's attempts to restrict birthright citizenship, amid significant anticipation of how the Supreme Court will handle the case in the upcoming phase.