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Nationwide Class-Based Injunction Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

A class-based ruling took effect Friday following the Justice Department’s decision not to appeal, halting enforcement of the birthright citizenship order nationwide

FILE - Mairelise Robinson, a U.S. citizen who is 6 months pregnant, attends a protest in support of birthright citizenship, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
FILE - Hannah Liu, 26, of Washington, holds up a sign in support of birthright citizenship, May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington. "This is enshrined in the Constitution. My parents are Chinese immigrants," says Liu. "They came here on temporary visas so I derive my citizenship through birthright." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media, after the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the power of federal judges by restricting their ability to grant broad legal relief in cases as the justices acted in a legal fight over President Donald Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo
People protest on the day Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante’s class-based nationwide injunction took effect Friday after the Justice Department declined to appeal
  • The injunction bars enforcement of President Trump’s January executive order ending automatic citizenship for children of noncitizen parents in every state
  • In Boston, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin signaled during a July 18 hearing that he intends to uphold his earlier nationwide injunction under the Supreme Court’s new standards
  • The Supreme Court’s June 27 decision narrowed single-judge universal injunctions while preserving class-action relief, enabling the current nationwide block
  • The Justice Department may still seek appellate review and the Supreme Court could ultimately rule on the order’s constitutionality