California is one of 22 states and two cities that have quickly challenged Trump’s order to remove birthright citizenship for future children starting next month.

Ellison tells WCCO that birthright citizenship is guaranteed under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and that the Supreme Court has twice ruled that birthright citizenship extends to everyone born in the United States, including the children of immigrants regardless of their parents’ immigration status.

Maryland joined 17 states, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco to sue President Trump on Tuesday over what they called his “flagrantly unlawful attempt” to end birthright citizenship through one of the flurry of executive orders he signed after taking office.