Overview

• Judge Joseph Laplante in New Hampshire ruled that stripping citizenship from children of noncitizen parents would cause irreparable harm and called citizenship “the greatest privilege in the world.”
• By certifying the ACLU-led lawsuit as a nationwide class action, the judge invoked the exception to the Supreme Court’s recent limits on broad injunctions.
• The injunction halts the executive order signed January 20 and includes a seven-day stay to allow the Trump administration to file an appeal.
• Federal courts in Maryland and Washington have issued similar blocks, reflecting coordinated legal challenges to the policy.
• The administration contends the order restores the Fourteenth Amendment’s original intent and is preparing to challenge Laplante’s ruling in higher courts.