President Trump's bid to cut off birthright citizenship is "flagrantly unlawful," attorneys for 18 states said in a lawsuit challenging the president's executive order.
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One of the many executive orders President Donald Trump signed on Monday included one to end birthright citizenship. Here's what to know about it and why lawsuits have already been filed.
Maryland joined 17 states, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco to sue President Trump on Tuesday over what they called his “flagrantly unlawful attempt” to end birthright citizenship through one of the flurry of executive orders he signed after taking office.
"Birthright citizenship in our country is a guarantee of equality, born out of a collective fight against oppression," Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell said in a statement.
On Tuesday California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that the state is joining with 17 other states to sue President Trump over an executive order that would end birthright citizenship. Birthright citizenship is protected under the 14th Amendment and has 125 years of precedent behind it.