Trump citizenship order ‘overreached by a mile’ – California attorney general

Rob Bonta is suing alongside other states to block birthright citizenship order he calls flagrant violation' of constitution

Donald Trump overreached by a mile" with his attempt to dismantle the longstanding constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, the California attorney general, Rob Bonta, said.

California along with a coalition of states and the city of San Francisco are suing the administration over an executive order issued just hours after Trump was sworn into office on Monday that would deny automatic citizenship to some children born in the United States - a move they argue is in flagrant violation" of the US constitution.