Shortly after Donald Trump signed an executive order limiting birthright citizenship for children of undocumented parents, California's Attorney General Rob Bonta and San Francisco's City Attorney David Chiu initiated a coalition of 18 states to file a lawsuit against the order. This swift legal action was part of a carefully prepared response anticipated by state officials, arguing that the order is illegal. Federal judges have temporarily blocked its implementation, with the Supreme Court currently evaluating a request from the Trump administration to enforce it in certain states.
Everyone knew he was going to do it. The question wasn't whether, it was when.
Their quick response has helped prompt the first of what could be multiple debates in the U.S. Supreme Court over the order.
Less than 24 hours after Trump signed the executive order, Chiu and Bonta, along with 17 other states, filed a lawsuit calling it 'flagrantly unlawful.'
If the order never goes into effect in California, it will be due in part to months of behind-the-scenes planning well before Inauguration Day.
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