Overview

• Judge Joseph Laplante certified a nationwide class of infants impacted by the executive order and granted a preliminary injunction blocking its enforcement.
• He stayed his ruling for seven days to give the administration time to appeal the decision.
• If it takes effect on July 27, the policy would strip citizenship from U.S.-born children whose parents lack citizenship or lawful permanent resident status.
• The ruling leverages a June Supreme Court decision that limited broad nationwide injunctions but preserved class-action remedies for comprehensive relief.
• Advocates warn the order could render more than 150,000 newborns stateless each year and disrupt their access to vital government benefits.