The decision came weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court limited sweeping injunctions in similar challenges to the order.

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

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.