California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state would join a lawsuit in the wake of an executive order by President Trump seeking to end birthright citizenship.

18 state attorneys general – led by California, New Jersey, and Massachusetts – argue that President Trump’s unprecedented executive order violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and Section 1401 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and should be immediately blocked from going into effect while litigation proceeds.

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Attorney General Rob Bonta said he would defend birthright citizenship following an executive order by President Donald Trump, as California officials gear up for what is expected to be many legal challenges involving the new administration.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. Under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, all children born on U.S. soil are automatically granted U.S. citizenship and the rights and privileges that come with it.

The lawsuit, filed by more than a dozen state attorneys general, seeks to block Trump's effort to revoke birthright citizenship, which is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment.

California is one of 22 states and two cities that have quickly challenged Trump’s order to remove birthright citizenship for future children starting next month.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, calling his executive order to block birthright citizenship “blatantly unconstitutional’ and “un-American.