A day after President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring birthright citizenship to children of undocumented residents, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire sued in the U.S.

The ACLU seeks to prevent President Trump from bypassing the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship to nearly everyone born in the United States

Until the order, which Trump signed the same day he was inaugurated as the 47th president, the U.S. government has, at least the late 1800s, considered the child of any immigrant born on U.S. soil an automatic citizen, even to a mother in the United States illegally.

Put simply, under Trump’s order, the children of most undocumented immigrants wouldn’t be US citizens, nor would the children of people in the country on student, work, or tourist visas. This is more than a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment — it’s an attempt to do away with the jus soli principle that undergirds US citizenship.

The Trump order seeking to disqualify immigrant babies from citizenship strikes a blow against “constitutional bedrock,” the ACLU claims

The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday night filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's controversial executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with several other pro-immigrant groups, is suing the Trump administration after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks to end the constitutionally recognized right of birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states in its first sentence that:

President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents.

NJ Attorney General Matt Platkin announced a lawsuit to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship.