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On Tuesday, attorneys general from 22 different states sued President Donald Trump to block an executive order that refuses to recognize birthright citizenship of U.S.-born children of illegal aliens in the United States.
AccordingtoTheNewYorkTimes,thecomplaintwasfiledinFederalDistrictCourtinMassachusetts.
NewJerseyAttorneyGeneralMatthewJ.Platkin,wholedthelegaleffort,saidthatTrump’sefforttolimitbirthrightcitizenshipis“extraordinaryandextreme.”
“Presidentsarepowerful,butheisnotaking.HecannotrewritetheConstitutionwithastrokeofthepen,”headded.
WhenTrumptookofficeonMonday,hesignedanorderdeclaringthatfuturechildrenofillegalalienswouldnotbeAmericancitizens.ThiswouldalsoapplytochildrenborntomothersintheUnitedStatesbutarelivingheretemporarily,suchasstudentsandtourists.
Predictably,left-winglawmakersflewoffthehandleoverthis.
IllinoisDemocraticGov.JBPritzkercalledit“unconstitutional.”
“Wewillnotfollowanunconstitutionalorder,”PritzkertoldreportersonMonday,accordingtoFoxNews.
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