LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a lawsuit with 17 other states and Washington D.C. contesting President Donald Trump’s executive order that doesn’t give American citizenship to babies born in the U.S. whose mothers are here illegally.
States joining the lawsuit.
The complaint was filed Jan. 21 in the U.S. District Court for the district of Massachusetts.
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The other states included in the complaint are New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington D.C.
Trump’s executive order.
Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20 that ended birthright citizenship for people born to undocumented immigrants.
Trump’s executive order spells it out:
“Among the categories of individuals born in the United States and not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, the privilege of United States citizenship does not automatically extend to persons born in the United States:
(1) when that person’s mother was unlawfully present in the United States and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth, or
(2) when that person’s mother’s presence in the United States at the time of said person’s birth was lawful but temporary (such as, but not limited to, visiting the United States under the auspices of the Visa Waiver Program or visiting on a student, work, or tourist visa) and the father was not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of said person’s birth.”
Nessel calls the move “disappointing.”
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The executive order does not go into effect for 30 days after it was signed. Nessel said it doesn’t rescind citizenship from those already born in the U.S.
“Birthright citizenship is a basic right granted to all Americans born on United States soil with historic roots and long-lasting implications for the states and their residents,” Nessel said in a press release. “The Citizenship Clause has stood as constitutional law in this nation for more than 150 years and has twice been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is disappointing that in the first hours of this incoming administration, the first perceived enemy President Trump has struck against is the U.S. Constitution.”
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