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July 11, 2025

U.S. Judge Blocks Trump's Birthright Ban, Allows Class-Action Lawsuit to Proceed
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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.


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