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A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship, and granting a nationwide class certification status to all infants impacted by the order.
U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante said Thursday that he will issue a written ruling by the end of the day further explaining his decision. The injunction handed also narrows down the scope of the class to infants, removing parents from the case.
In issuing the nationwide injunction, Judge LaPlante ruled deprivation of citizenship, as held by the 14th Amendment, and change of longstanding policy would create “irreparable harm.”
Still, it is almost sure to be quickly appealed by the Trump administration. The Supreme Court heard the case earlier this year, and ruled 6-3 last month that plaintiffs seeking nationwide relief must file their cases as a class action lawsuit.
They did not, however, weigh in on the birthright citizenship issue itself.
Trump’s order, signed on the first day of his second White House term, directs all U.S. government agencies to refuse to issue citizenship documents to children born to illegal immigrants, or who do not have at least one parent who is an American citizen of lawful permanent resident.
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