(10 Jul 2025)
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Concord, New Hampshire – 10 July 2025
1. Wide of Warren B. Rudman United States Courthouse
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Cody Wofsy, attorney representing plaintiffs:
“Today, the court certified a class nationwide of children who are impacted by the president’s executive order and enjoined it from being, from going into effect on July 27th. This is going to protect every single child around the country from this lawless, unconstitutional and cruel executive order.”
3. Close up of courthouse
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Cody Wofsy, attorney representing plaintiffs:
“We’ve gotten an outpouring of concern and confusion and fear from people who are going to be subjected to this order around the country. People telling us that they’re considering changing where they’re going to deliver their babies, moving away from their doctors, their communities, worrying about their families being torn apart because of the Supreme Court’s opening the door to this unconstitutional order. Today, this court slammed that door shut.”
5. Exterior of courthouse with legal team standing outside
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Cody Wofsy, attorney representing plaintiffs:
“Our initial proposal was that it would be all the babies who are affected by this order as well as their parents. What the court decided was, I’m just going certify a class of the babies. As a practical matter, that’s going to be the same because every single child who’s potentially impacted by this executive order is going to be covered by this class.”
7. Legal team walking away from courthouse
STORYLINE:
A federal judge in New Hampshire issued a ruling Thursday prohibiting President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the U.S.
Judge Joseph LaPlante issued a preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s order and certified a class action lawsuit including all children who will be affected. The order, which followed an hour-long hearing, included a seven-day stay to allow for appeal.
The judge’s decision puts the birthright citizenship issue on a fast track to return to the Supreme Court. The justices could be asked to rule whether the order complies with their decision last month that limited judges’ authority to issue nationwide injunctions.
The class is slightly narrower than that sought by the plaintiffs, who wanted to include parents, but attorneys said that wouldn’t make a material difference.
“This is going to protect every single child around the country from this lawless, unconstitutional and cruel executive order,” said Cody Wofsy, an attorney for the plaintiffs.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a pregnant woman, two parents and their infants. It’s among numerous cases challenging Trump’s January order denying citizenship to those born to parents living in the U.S. illegally or temporarily. The plaintiffs are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and others.
At issue is the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” The Trump administration says the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” means the U.S. can deny citizenship to babies born to women in the country illegally, ending what has been seen as an intrinsic part of U.S. law for more than a century.
“My baby has the right to citizenship and a future in the United States,” he wrote.
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