In response to Trump’s attack: 18 states in the United States return fire

18 states in the United States filed a lawsuit today (Wednesday) against President Donald Trump, in an attempt to block the presidential order he signed in the first hours of his second term, which automatically denies American citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who are staying illegally. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Massachusetts In partnership with the cities of San Francisco and Washington, D.C., is the opening shot in what is expected to be a legal battle protracted around the immigration policy of the Trump administration, including – between the states of the Democratic parties and Trump and his administration.

A president does have a lot of power, but he is not a king. He cannot rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen,” said New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, who led the legal action along with his colleagues from California and Massachusetts. registered in the US population registry, will not be recognized as US citizens. Moreover, the order also applies to children of mothers who reside in the US legally but Temporary, like foreign students and tourists.

According to Trump, appearing in the order he signed, these immigrant children are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States, and therefore are not entitled to the protection of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution (adopted in 1868, after the Civil War, which states that every person born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction is a citizen of the state). This position runs counter to over a century of legal precedent, according to which the 14th Amendment guarantees citizenship to any baby born in the US, regardless of parental status, with the exception of the children of foreign diplomats.

As for the hearing of the case itself, it appears that a dispute will arise among the judges who will hear the case. Judge James C. Ho, appointed by Trump to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, has previously expressed sympathy for some of Trump’s arguments, likening illegal immigrants to an “invading army” — a comparison also raised by Texas state attorneys general. Gerard Maliuca, a law professor at Indiana University, estimated for the New York Times that the courts are expected to accept the claimant countries’ position. According to him, based among other things on previous Supreme Court rulings on key issues, the executive branch cannot handle key political issues alone without new legislation from Congress.