Democratic states sue Trump over birthright citizenship- Washington Examiner

http://washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3295702/18-democratic-state-at…

Tags

Type of Content

Approved Story
1

Format

Hide on the following page types:
Front Page
Tag Pages
Topic Pages
Community Pages

Region

News Item Format
Standard

Story Cluster

Autocurated
1
External ID
5438077

Democratic attorneys general from 18 states have already organized and filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order to eradicate birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants and temporary visitors to the country. The lawsuit was filed in Massachusetts on Tuesday, just hours after Trump took executive action late Monday evening to bar the children born to illegal immigrants in the United States from automatically becoming U.S. citizens. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents may automatically assume U.S. citizenship for children, Trump maintained. The executive order was...