July 11, 2025
In the two weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed federal judges' ability to issue universal injunctions, Trump administration attorneys have begun pushing to expand the decision's limits to other forms of relief used in regulatory challenges and class actions. So far, judges don't appear receptive to those efforts.
July 08, 2025
The Trump administration Monday opposed two immigration advocacy groups' bid to block President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order for a proposed nationwide class, saying the groups were essentially seeking a universal injunction that the U.S. Supreme Court had recently rejected.
June 30, 2025
A Maryland federal judge ordered expedited briefing Monday amid an amended bid to block President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order after questioning whether the administration can start deporting babies before a nationwide injunction expires in late July.
June 27, 2025
Just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court limited federal judges' ability to issue nationwide injunctions Friday, groups challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order fired off a volley of new lawsuits, switching their legal actions to class action complaints.
February 19, 2025
A Maryland federal judge declined to narrow an injunction blocking the enforcement of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying a nationwide injunction is appropriate given the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project's 680,000-person membership across all 50 states.
February 12, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice has called on a Maryland federal judge to narrow the scope of a nationwide injunction blocking the implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, saying it should apply only to the individuals identified in the suit.
February 05, 2025
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday issued a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship.
February 03, 2025
Iowa and 17 other Republican-led states backed the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday in urging federal judges on both coasts to allow enforcement of President Donald Trump's order limiting birthright citizenship, contending the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause has been misconstrued to spur "illegal immigration."
January 29, 2025
Local governments and officials representing more than 70 jurisdictions spanning 24 states expressed support on Wednesday for a nationwide pause on President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship, warning federal judges the mandate will otherwise fuel administrative dysfunction and detract from publicly funded programs.
January 23, 2025
A U.S. Department of Justice attorney on Thursday was unable to tell a Maryland federal judge with absolute certainty if any portion of President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship is already in effect, hours before a Washington federal judge blocked the policy nationwide.