Judge blocks Trump on birthright citizenship despite supreme court ruling – US politics live | Trump administration

Published: 2025-07-10 16:28:49 | Views: 6


Judge blocks Trump on birthright citizenship despite supreme court ruling

A federal judge in New Hampshire has again blocked Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship and applied the injunction nationwide.

US district judge Joseph Laplante argued the plaintiffs could be represented as a class and blocked the executive order.

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The 14th amendment to the US constitution has long been understood to guarantee citizenship to any person born on US soil. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” the amendment says.

Trump has sought to overturn the longstanding interpretation of the law to say that a person can only be considered a US citizen if they have at least one parent who is a US citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

If the order were to take effect, it’s estimated that around 150,000 babies would be denied citizenship each year.

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