Another federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to terminate birthright citizenship, by approving a class-action lawsuit. The move allows plaintiffs to challenge Trump’s executive order after the Supreme Court moved last month to restrict nationwide injunctions — the legal mechanism that’s also been used in previous efforts to block Trump’s unconstitutional targeting of the long-standing immigration policy. Judge Joseph Laplante, a George W. Bush appointee, said Trump’s policy would lead to “irreparable harm.” The class-action lawsuit represents babies born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents on and after February 20. We’ll have more on this and other immigration cases later in the broadcast with the ACLU’s Lee Gelernt.
U.S. Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Ban, Allows Class-Action Lawsuit to Proceed
HeadlineJul 11, 2025

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