Judge Seeks US Assurances on Deportations in Birthright Case

A judge overseeing a challenge to President Donald Trump’s restrictions on automatic birthright citizenship asked the US government to confirm it won’t seek to deport impacted children during the Supreme Court’s 30-day pause on enforcement of the directive.

US District Judge Deborah Boardman in Maryland said during a hearing Monday that such written assurances, which she requested from the Justice Department by noon Tuesday, would prevent the need for a temporary restraining order pausing Trump’s directive for at least two weeks that was requested by immigrant-right groups.