A strip of Democratic-led states, have filed two lawsuits in federal courts in Boston and Seattle. 22 states along with the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston challenging the Republican president’s effort to end birthright citizenship is a blatant violation of the 14th amendment of the US constitution .
In the hours following the order, the American Civil Liberties Union, immigrant advocacy groups, and an expectant mother also filed similar cases, marking the first major legal battle of Trump’s administration.
The lawsuits challenge a key component of Trump’s broad immigration crackdown. If upheld, his executive order would strip more than 150,000 children born in the U.S. each year of their right to citizenship, according to the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell.
