At least 18 states have filed suit against Trump's restriction on U.S. citizenship issuance
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A coalition of at least 18 US states on Tuesday, January 21, filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's decision to restrict birthright citizenship in the US.
Another group of states, which included Arizona and Washington, filed another separate lawsuit against Trump' s signature decision.
"New York Attorney General Letitia James said Trump's actions are 'not just unconstitutional, they are extremely dangerous,'" according to a story in The Washington Post.
Legal experts told the publication that the sweeping measures contradict more than a century of legal practice and are unlikely to comply with the Constitution.
Earlier in the day, media outlets pointed to Trump's violation of the U.S. Constitution in a law on immigrants. The NYT reported that Trump cannot abolish birthright citizenship on his own. Since the president of the country does not have the power to amend the Constitution on his own, any executive order limiting or eliminating birthright citizenship would be challenged in court as a violation of the 14th Amendment.
Prior to that, Trump signed more than 200 new executive orders on Jan. 20, immediately after his inauguration. Among them were the declaration of a state of emergency on the border with Mexico and the inclusion of drug cartels on the list of terrorist organizations.
El Financiero newspaper noted at the time that protesters burned a Trump doll in front of the U.S. Embassy in Mexico. This gesture, according to them, represents dissatisfaction with the "offensive and inhumane, anti-migration and protectionist" policies of the American leader.
Back on January 17, Politico reported that the US President's team intends to declare a state of emergency to combat illegal migration. It was noted that officials are also developing an executive order to abolish the right to American citizenship by birth. The Trump administration plans to launch raids against migrants the day after the inauguration, The Wall Street Journal added.
