Judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

The Supreme Court’s decision at the end of the term in the birthright citizenship case left open the door to this precise possibility.    NBC News reports that a federal judge certified a class in a lawsuit seeking to protect babies who would be denied birthright citizenship by the Trump administration and granted a temporary block of the order restricting birthright citizenship from going into effect throughout the country.  “The suit was brought on behalf of a pregnant immigrant, immigrant parents and their infants and had sought class action status for all babies around the country who would be affected by Trump’s executive order and their parents. Cody Wofsy, the lead attorney on the case with the American Civil Liberties Union, argued for class-action status in front of U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante [a President George W. Bush appointee] Thursday morning, stating that their clients would suffer irreparable harm by being denied birthright citizenship, a claim with which the judge found credible.”

UPDATE (July 10, 11:30 a.m. PST):  The orders courtesy of Dan Kowalski:

Download Barbara-Order-Granting-PI   The order states that

“Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a), this court orders that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, in their official capacity; the U.S. Department of State; the Secretary of the U.S. Department of State, in their official capacity; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in their official capacity; the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in their official capacity are enjoined and restrained from enforcing the Executive Order `Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship.'”

Download Barbara-Order-Granting-Class-Cert (1)  The order certified a class under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2):

“[T]his court grants the petitioners’ motion and provisionally certifies the following class for the purpose of preliminary injunctive relief: All current and future persons who are born on or after February 20, 2025, where (1) that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or (2) that person’s mother’s presence in the United States was lawful but temporary, and the person’s father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.” 

Download Barbara order 65 7-10-25

KJ