Overview

• On July 10, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante certified a nationwide class and issued a preliminary injunction to block enforcement of Executive Order 14160.
• The injunction exploits a class-action exception after the Supreme Court’s June 27 Trump v. CASA ruling confined universal injunctions to named parties.
• The Trump administration has appealed to the First Circuit, intends to petition the Supreme Court and is finalizing guidance for implementing the order once the stay expires on July 27.
• If the nationwide injunction is overturned and no further relief is secured, Trump’s birthright citizenship policy could take effect in as many as 28 states without active legal challenges.
• Legal scholars warn that piecemeal implementation would create administrative chaos due to the lack of standardized immigration data on state-issued birth certificates.