Nevada Attorney General sues President Trump over birthright citizenship executive order
He has joined a multistate lawsuit against the president over the constitutionality of his executive order.
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Trump's order questions that the 14th Amendment extends citizenship automatically to anyone born in the United States. The law would go into effect February 19th.
The U.S. is among about 30 countries where birthright citizenship - the principle of jus soli or “right of the soil” - is applied.
The latest proceeding came just a day after a Maryland federal judge issued a nationwide pause in a separate but similar case.
