On July 10, 2025, U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante in New Hampshire granted a preliminary injunction in Barbara et al. v. Trump et al. blocking the executive order by President Trump intended to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented or temporary-status parents. The ruling followed a newly filed class‑action lawsuit, a strategic response to a June 27 Supreme Court decision that severely curtailed the use of nationwide injunctions but preserved class-action litigation as a method for achieving broad relief.

Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling limiting district courts’ power to block federal policies universally, the federal judge ruled that the class-action framework could effectively cover all individuals who would be stripped of citizenship under the order. The court’s order in Barbara v. Trump has been stayed for seven days to allow the government to appeal, but the executive order remains inactive under the Supreme Court’s prior ruling, and birthright citizenship continues to apply to all individuals born in the United States, regardless of their parents’ immigration status.