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Illinois Democratic Govt. JB Pritzker attacked President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
“This is unconstitutional. We will not follow an unconstitutional order,” Pritzker told reporters Monday while speaking at an unrelated event. The politician has reported.
Trump’s order, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship,” states that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution does not automatically confer US citizenship on people born in the United States.
The amendment reads: “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 wherein they reside.”
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks during a transgender support rally at the Federal Building Plaza on April 27, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Some legal experts have said this move is a constitutional change and it cannot be done by executive order. The move will almost certainly face a court challenge from civil rights groups and immigration activists.
Trump advisers and some conservative lawyers have previously argued that the idea of giving birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants is based on a misreading of the amendment.
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The Democratic governor also took several swipes at Trump as the 47th president unleashed a series of executive actions aimed at fulfilling campaign promises to crack down on illegal immigration, end federal DEI programs and more. Pritzker, who is known for harboring presidential ambitions, said Trump’s rapid-fire executive actions were not communicated to state governors in advance.
“They haven’t communicated with us. I’m reading the same as you,” he said. “This is indicative of what you’re going to see from the Trump administration over the next four years. It’s chaos.”
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It also echoed concerns that former President Biden expressed in his farewell speech about an oligarchy of ultra-rich businessmen who have cozyed up to Trump. Titans of Silicon Valley Elon MuskMark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos were high-profile attendees at Trump’s inauguration.
“He has the oligarchs sitting in the front row of his inauguration. That shows who cares. It’s the richest people in America who are pulling the cows to him and not ordinary Americans. He doesn’t care ordinary Americans,” Pritzker said. , who himself is a billionaire member of the wealthy Pritzker family, which owns the Hyatt hotel chain.
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Pritzker said his biggest problem with the new administration is “the intent to attack people’s rights. That’s something we’re going to have to put up with or deal with every day of this administration.”
