22 states file lawsuit against Trump’s executive order on ending birthright citizenship.

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.

“President Trump does not have the authority to take away constitutional rights,” she said in a statement.

The lawsuits argue that denying citizenship would deprive these individuals of access to federal programs like Medicaid and, as they grow older, their ability to work legally or vote. “Today’s lawsuit sends a clear message to the Trump administration that we will stand up for our residents and their fundamental constitutional rights,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a statement.

The White House did not respond to requests for comment.

Additional lawsuits from Democratic-led states and advocacy groups are anticipated, including ongoing cases challenging the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency and an executive order Trump signed that weakens job protections for civil servants.

1898 U.S. Supreme Court Precedent

Three of the four lawsuits were filed in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Any rulings in those states would be reviewed by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, which is the only federal appeals court with a full roster of judges all appointed by Democrats. Meanwhile, four states have filed a separate case in Washington state, under the jurisdiction of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle has scheduled a hearing for Thursday to determine whether he should issue a temporary restraining order to block enforcement of Trump’s executive order.

A fifth lawsuit was filed in federal court in Maryland by a group of pregnant women and immigrant rights organizations, including CASA.

The lawsuits argue that Trump’s executive order violates the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. The complaints also reference the 1898 U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Wong Kim Ark, which established that children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents are entitled to citizenship.

Among the plaintiffs challenging the order is a Massachusetts woman, referred to only as “O. Doe,” who is in the country under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and is due to give birth in March. TPS is granted to individuals from countries that have experienced natural disasters, armed conflicts, or other extraordinary circumstances, and it currently covers more than 1 million people from 17 nations.

Several other lawsuits challenging different aspects of Trump’s early executive actions are still pending. On Monday, the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents federal workers across 37 agencies, filed a lawsuit challenging an order Trump signed that makes it easier to fire thousands of federal employees and replace them with political loyalists.

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