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www.newsindiatimes.com – that’s all you need to know US Judge Blocks Trump’s Newest Order Limiting Birthright Citizenship Indian National Among “Worst” Of ICE’s “Operation Rotten Apple” Arrests In New York; Another Indian-Origin Man De-Naturalized A federal judge onWednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, blocked the Trump administration from enforc- ing a new executive order limiting the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship that President Donald Trump issued after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his previous effort. U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman in Greenbelt, Maryland, issued a preliminary injunction at the request of immigrant rights advocates who had last year secured a ruling from her blocking the Trump administration from enforcing his initial 2025 executive order curtailing birthright citizenship. The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 rejected that ini- tial effort to end birthright citizenship for children whose parents were not American citizens or legal permanent residents, known as green card holders, finding it vio- lated the citizenship clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The clause, which was the focus of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in Barbara v. Trump, confers citizenship to those born in the United States who are “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” Following that decision, Trump signed a new order on August 6 that took particular aim at “birth tourism,” in which women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can obtain automatic citizenship. Citizenship would also be denied to children if one of their parents works for foreign governments in the United States, engages in fraud or a commercial transaction to obtain citizenship, or is classified as an “alien enemy.” After he signed that order, lawyers pursuing a class- action lawsuit on behalf of babies who would be deprived citizenship under Trump’s 2025 order asked Boardman to block enforcement of the Republican president’s newest order, and ensure their clients’ citizenship continued to be honored. The judge, an appointee of Democratic President Joe Biden, agreed to do so, saying the latest 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.” “This Court must, once again, preliminarily enjoin en- forcement of the President’s most recent attempt to strip the right to citizenship from them,” she wrote. Her order bars agencies including the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Social Security Administration from taking any action to interfere with, deny or fail to recognize citizenship of people covered by the class action. TheWhite House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The plaintiffs included the immigrant rights groups CASA and Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project, which last year convinced Boardman to become one of four lower- court judges to block Trump’s initial order prior to the Supreme Court ruling. Justice Department attorneys argued that an injunc- tion was inappropriate in this case, as Trump’s order was more narrow than the sweeping one the plaintiffs first sued over. They also called the lawsuit premature, saying federal agencies had yet to issue the necessary public guidance detailing how the president’s directive would be imple- mented, which they are expected to do by Saturday. Any legal challenge should wait until then, the administration argued. Reuters reported on Tuesday that the U.S. State De- partment had drafted proposed guidance requiring par- ents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status in order to implement that executive order. - Reuters O n Tuesday, September 1, 2026, the Department of Homeland Secu- rity (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin hosted a press conference in NewYork City, announcing the success of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Operation Rotten Apple. Describing some of them as the “worst” illegal aliens arrested in Operation Rotten Apple, DHS listed 10 individuals, provid- ing their photos, who were from differ- ent countries of origin. They included Palvinder Singh, “an illegal alien from India, whose criminal history includes a conviction for rape in Germany,” the press release said. The operation, which took place from July 27 to August 29, resulted in the arrests of 2,197 illegal aliens across the state of NewYork, a press release from DHS said. “Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of ICE and our federal part- ners, Operation Rotten Apple did what sanctuary politicians in NewYork City and the state of NewYork refuse to do: made the Empire State safer,” said Secretary Mullin. “Over the course of this operation, we arrested murderers, rapists, pedo- philes, drug traffickers, and violent as- sailants. And we did it with no help from Mayor Mamdani and Governor Hochul,” Mullin asserted, warning, “…we won’t let sanctuary politicians stand in our way. If you’re a state or local politician, your best bet is to cooperate with us so we can all make America safe again.” A day before that, on August 31, US Attorney General Todd Blanche posted on X that an Indian national had been de- naturalized, in effect, his US citizenship had been revoked, on grounds that he lied or hid certain facts during the naturaliza- tion process. “This convicted rapist from India is no longer a U.S. citizen,” AG Blanche posted on X. “Gurmeet Singh concealed a rape and kidnapping during the naturaliza- tion process, and a federal court has now revoked his citizenship,” he added. AG Blanche went on to say, “@TheJus- ticeDept took this case across the finish line, and we will continue to move expe- ditiously on denaturalization referrals. … Fraudulently obtained citizenshipWILL NOT protect criminals from justice.” By a StaffWriter By Nate Raymond PHOTO:DHS.GOV PHOTO:X.COM @AGTODDBLANCHE Palvinder Singh, an illegal alien from India, whose criminal history includes a conviction for rape in Germany. Gurmeet Singh PHOTO:REUTERS/KYLIE COOPER/FILE PHOTO Demonstrators hold placards referencing the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution near the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Supreme Court building, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 1, 2026. News India Times (September 5, 2026 - September 11, 2026) September 11, 2026 8 Immigration