Democratic Governor of Illinois JB Pritzker The United States has attacked President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.
“This is unconstitutional. We will not follow an unconstitutional order,” Pritzker told reporters Monday while speaking at an unrelated event. Politico reported.
Trump's order, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” affirms that the Fourteenth Amendment does not automatically grant U.S. citizenship to individuals born within the United States.
The amendment states: “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 in which they reside.”
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks during a rally in support of transgender people at Federal Building Plaza on April 27, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Some legal experts said that such a move is Constitutional change This cannot be done by executive order. The move will almost certainly face a challenge in court from civil rights groups and immigration activists.
Trump's advisers and some conservative legal scholars have previously argued that the idea of granting birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants is based on a misreading of the amendment.
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The Democratic governor also took several swings at Trump as the 47th president unleashed a wave of executive actions aimed at fulfilling campaign promises to stamp out illegal immigration, end federal DEI programs and more. Pritzker, known for his presidential ambitions, said Trump's quick executive actions were not communicated to state governors ahead of time.
He said: “They did not contact us. I am reading the same thing as you.” He added, “This is an indication of what you will see from the Trump administration over the next four years. It is chaos.”
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He also echoed concerns raised by former President Biden in his farewell speech about wealthy business oligarchs who cozyed up to Trump. Silicon Valley giants Elon MuskMark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos were notable attendees at Trump's inauguration.
“He has the few sitting in the front row of his inauguration,” Pritzker said. “He shows who cares about him. It's the richest people in America who pull his cows for him, not ordinary Americans. He doesn't care about ordinary Americans.” , himself a billionaire member of the wealthy Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain.
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Pritzker claimed that his biggest problem with the new administration is “the intention to attack people's rights. This is something we have to endure or deal with every day of this administration.”
