Santa Clara County officials have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.
The lawsuit filed in federal court on Thursday calls the order unlawful and unconstitutional. Trump issued the order within hours of taking office on Jan. 20, calling for the rejection of a 150-year-old constitutional provision stating everyone born in the United States is a U.S. citizen regardless of their parents’ citizenship.
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