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California AG Rob Bonta pledges to defend birthright citizenship following President Trump’s executive order

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

The order, signed hours after Trump was inauguratedseeks to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally or on temporary visas.

“Birthright citizenship is a right expressly guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. It is disappointing, but unfortunately not surprising, that the President has chosen to ignore the Constitution and attempt to invalidate this right as one of his first acts in office. his term in office,” Bonta said in a statement. Monday.

The U.S. government has long interpreted the Constitution to mean that those born on U.S. soil are citizens at birth, regardless of the immigration status of their parents.

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The 14th Amendment to the Constitution says: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they reside.”

Bonta’s statement noted California’s role in setting the precedent, citing a case brought by Wong Kim Ark, a Chinese-American man born in San Francisco who was denied entry into the US. A landmark 1898 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirmed his right to citizenship under the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment.

“This is California history. And we are prepared to fight for it,” the attorney general continued.

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