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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

Lawsuits target Trump’s orders to end birthright citizenship, fire workers

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship on January 20 in the White House in Washington, DC [Evan Vucci/The Associated Press]

Washington, DC – The legal backlash to United States President Donald Trump’s second term has begun, with rights groups and state governments firing an early salvo against the Republican’s day-one decision to overhaul birthright citizenship.

Late on Monday, organisations including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit calling Trump’s actions unconstitutional, in a case that is likely to test the limits of his executive power.

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