The deprivation of US citizenship and an abrupt change of policy that was longstanding … that’s irreparable harm.” With those words, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante drew a bold line in the sand, certifying a national class and issuing a preliminary injunction that prohibits President Trump’s executive order targeting birthright citizenship for children born on

In its recent birthright citizenship ruling, Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court noted that plaintiffs could still seek broad relief by filing such class action lawsuits that would join together large groups of individuals facing the same injury from the law they were challenging.

The Department of Health and Human Services said it will reclassify those programs as federal public benefits, restricting access to them.

President Donald Trump's administration was handed another loss Thursday in its bid to end birthright citizenship. Judge Joseph Laplante of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire issued a preliminary injunction blocking the executive order Trump signed in February that attempted to end birthright citizenship altogether.

Almost two weeks after the Supreme Court allowed President Trump’s birthright citizenship order to partially go into effect, a judge has blocked it in line with that order. U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante agreed to certify a class-action lawsuit on behalf of any children whose citizenship status would be at risk if Trump’s order